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FIRST   CHURCH  OF   CHRIST  IN  BOSTON. 


BOSTON: 
LITTLE,  BROWX,  AXD   COMPANY. 

1869. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  thie  year  1S68,  by 

KUFUS   ELLIS, 

in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  District  of  MassiKliusetts 


CAMBKirxJE: 

rriK.ss  OK  joiiM  WILSON  am>  .son. 


PREFACE. 


In  the  year  1842,  the  "  Christian  Psalter  "  took  the 
place  of  Belknap's  "  Psalms  and  Hymns "  in  the 
worship  of  First  Church,  and  has  gained  a  good  re- 
port from  the  congregation  as  a  book  of  praise.  It 
has  been  found,  however,  that  a  large  portion  of  the 
contents  was  rarely  or  never  used,  whilst  not  a  few 
favorite  hymns  w^ere  sought  for  in  vain.  Moreover, 
it  was  believed  that  a  much  smaller  volume  would 
abundantly  meet  the  wants  of  the  worshippers. 
Some  two  hundred  and  fifty  hymns  have  been  grate- 
fully retained  from  the  "  Psalter."  The  remainder 
have  been  gathered  from  sources  open  to  all,  the 
object  being  to  provide,  not  a  collection  of  sacred 
poetry,  but  a  book  of  hymns  for  public  worship. 
The  compiler  has  endeavored  to  fulfil  the  desire  of 
the  congregation,  as  expressed  in  the  vote  of  the 
proprietors  at  the  annual  meeting  in  April,  of  the 
present  year,  by  putting  into-  their  hands  at  once  an 


IV  PREFACE. 

abridgment  and  an  enlargement  of  the  "  Christian 
Psalter,"  so  grafting  the  new  upon  the  old,  and 
maintaining  unbroken  the  continuity  of  their  wor- 
ship. May  this  volume  aid  them  to  make  melody 
in  their  hearts  to  the  Lord ! 

October  1,  1868. 


TABLE   OF   SUBJECTS. 


I.     General  Praise  and  Thanksgiving 3 

II.     Creation  and  Trovidence 18 

I.  Incidents   in   the   History   and    Life   of  Christ 

celebrated 57 

II.  Christianity 83 

Eiie  ^ols  Spirit. 

I.    Descent   op  the  Spirit  and  the  Inspired  Word  107 

II.  Divine  Influences 114 

III.  Fruit  of  the  Spirit.    Devout  Affections  .     .     .  130 

IV.  Christian  Experiences  and  Graces 172 

V.     Christian   Righteousness    and  Christian  Bless- 
edness     214 

aCfe,  IBe&ttt,  jFuturtts. 

I.  Life,  Death,  Futurity 241 

STitnes  anU  Seasons  anB  ©ccasions. 

I.     Times  and  Seasons  and  Occasions 264 

II.  Morning  and  Evening     ....         338 

Homologies. 


mDEX   OF  FIRST   LII^ES. 


HVMN 

A  charge  to  keep  I  have 291 

A  lioly  air  is  breathing  round 402 

A  voice  from  the  desert  comes  awful  and  slirill 73 

Abide  with  me,  fast  falls  the  eventide 173 

According  to  thy  gracious  word 393 

Ah,  wretched  souls,  who  strive  in  vain 299 

Alas,  how  swift  the  moments  fly 317 

All  earthly  charms,  however  dear 312 

All  hail  the  power  of  Jesus'  name 124 

All  ye  nations,  praise  the  Lord 16 

Almighty  God,  in  humble  prayer 215 

Am  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross 303 

Amidst  a  world  of  hopes  and  fears 163 

Another  fleeting  day  is  gone 463 

Another  hand  is  beckoning  us 438 

Another  six  days'  work  is  done 344 

As  every  day  thy  mercy  spares 446 

As  pants  the  hart  for  cooling  streams       201 

As  showers  on  meadows  newly  mown 143 

As  the  hart,  with  eager  looks 202 

As  the  sun's  enlivening  eye 372 

Author  of  good,  we  rest  on  thee 244 

Awake,  and  sing  the  song 17 

Awake,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun 445 

Awake,  my  soul :  lift  up  thine  eyes 298 

Awake,  my  soul :  stretch  every  nerve 285 

Awake,  our  souls  :  away  our  fears 283 

Away  with  our  sorrow  and  fear 339 


Vlll  INDEX    OF   FIRST   LINES. 

BTUS 

Be  it  my  only  wisdom  here 304 

Be  still,  my  heart,  these  anxious  cares 250 

Be  with  me.  Lord,  where'er  I  go 214 

Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne 363 

Before  thy  mercy's  throne 233 

Behold  the  amazing  sight 93 

Behold,  the  morning  sun 139 

Behold,  the  mountain  of  the  Lord 70 

Behold,  the  Prince  of  Peace 106 

Behold  the  western  evening  light 432 

Behold,  where,  breathing  love  divine 405 

Beset  with  snares  on  every  liand 165 

"  Blest  are  the  meek,"  he  said 301 

Blest  are  the  pure  in  heart 302 

Blest  are  the  souls  that  hear  and  know 117 

Blest  be  thy  love,  dear  Lord 262 

Blest  day  of  God,  most  calm,  most  bright 350 

Blest  Instructor,  from  thy  ways 164 

Blest  is  the  man  who  fears  the  Lord 240 

Blest  Saviour!  Source  of  grace  divine 144 

Bread  of  heaven,  on  thee  we  feed 408 

Bread  of  the  world,  in  mercy  broken 397 

Bright  was  the  guiding  star  that  led 79 

Brightest  and  best  of  the  sons  of  the  morning 86 

Brother,  thou  art  gone  before  us 435 

Brother,  though  from  yonder  sky 441 

By  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill 388 

Calm  me,  my  God,  and  keep  me  calm 273 

Calm  on  the  bosom  of  thy  God 436 

Calm  on  the  listening  ear  of  night 77 

Christ  the  Lord  is  risen  to-day 98 

Christians,  brethren,  ere  we  part 376 

Come  at  the  morning  hour 451 

Come,  blessed  Spirit,  Source  of  light 157 

Come,  dearest  Lord,  descend  and  dwell 151 

Come,  gracious  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove 159 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove 149 


INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES.  IX 


HYMN 


Come,  Jesus,  with  the  coming  night 466 

Come,  kingdom  of  our  God 198 

Come,  let  us  anew  our  journey  pursue 429 

Come,  0  Creator,  Spirit  blest 160 

Come,  said  Jesus'  sacred  voice 107 

Come,  sound  his  praise  abroad 866 

Come,  thou  almighty  King 367 

Come,  thou  soul-transforming  Spirit 153 

Come  to  the  house  of  prayer 354 

Come  to  the  land  of  peace 276 

Come,  we  that  love  the  Lord 186 

Come,  weary  souls,  with  sins  distressed 277 

Come,  ye  disconsolate,  where'er  ye  languish 266 

Commit  thou  all  thy  griefs 308 

Create  my  nature  pure  within 225 

Creator  Spirit,  by  whose  aid 147 

Daughter  of  Zion,  from  the  dust 421 

Do  not  I  love  thee,  0  my  Lord 237 

Eternal  and  immortal  King 41 

Eternal  God,  Almighty  Cause 31 

Eternal  Source  of  life  and  light 152 

Faith,  hope,  and  charity,  these  three 238 

Far  from  mortal  cares  retreating 362 

Far  from  the  world,  0  Lord !   I  flee 219 

Fare  thee  well,  our  fondly  cherished 444 

Father  and  Friend !   thy  light,  thy  love 22 

Father  divine,  before  thy  view 243 

Father  in  heaven,  to  thee  my  heart 213 

Father  of  light,  conduct  my  feet 155 

Father  of  lights,  we  sing  thy  name 43 

Father  of  me  and  all  mankind 197 

Fatlier  of  mercies,  in  thy  word 138 

Father  of  our  feeble  race 361 

Father,  there  is  no  change  to  live  with  thee 64 

Father,  thy  paternal  care 4 


X  INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES. 

Hi'uir 

Feeble,  helpless,  how  shall  I 113 

For  all  thy  saints,  0  God 440 

For  ever  with  the  Lord 343 

Forgive  us,  for  thy  mercy's  sake          229 

Forth  from  the  dark  and  stormy  sky 357 

From  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies 18 

From  Greenland's  icy  mountains 416 

From  the  table  now  retiring 407 

Gales  from  heaven,  if  God  so  will 270 

Give  me  the  wings  of  faith  to  rise 115 

Give  thanks  to  God  most  high 30 

Give  to  our  God  immortal  praise 29 

Give  to  the  winds  thy  fears 307 

Glorious  in  thy  saints  appear 375 

Glorious  things  of  thee  are  spoken 131 

Glory  be  to  God  on  high 10 

Glory  to  thee,  my  God,  this  night 454 

Go  to  dark  Gethsemane 95 

God  bless  our  native  land 424 

God  is  a  Spirit  just  and  wise 280 

God  is  love ;  his  mercy  brightens 54 

God  is  the  refuge  of  his  saints 191 

God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way 53 

God  of  eternity,  from  thee 325 

God  of  mercy,  God  of  love 223 

God  of  my  life,  through  all  its  days 15 

God  of  my  life,  whose  gracious  power 241 

God  of  the  morning,  at  whose  voice 448 

God  of  the  ocean,  earth,  and  sky 21 

God  only  is  the  creatures'  home 185 

God,  that  madest  earth  and  heaven 455 

God,  who  is  just  and  kind 193 

Great  Author  of  all  nature's  frame 239 

Great  Father  of  each  perfect  gift 148 

Great  God,  in  vain  man's  narrow  view 42 

Great  God,  my  Father,  and  my  Friend 296 

Great  God,  we  sing  that  mighty  hand 428 


INDEX   OP   FIRST   LINES.  XI 


HYMIf 


Great  God,  what  do  I  see  and  hear 329 

Great  God,  whose  universal  sway 126 

Great  Prophet  of  my  God 102 

Great  Ruler  of  all  nature's  frame 40 

Great  Source  of  life,  our  souls  confess 58 

Green  pastures  and  clear  streams 126 

Guide  me,  0  thou  great  Jehovah 327 

Hail  to  the  Lord's  Anointed 87 

Hail  to  the  Sabbath  day 349 

Happy  the  heart  where  graces  reign 236 

Hark,  my  soul ;  it  is  the  Lord 109 

Hark !   the  glad  sound !    the  Saviour  comes 71 

Hark  !   the  herald -angels  sing 80 

Hast  thou  within  a  care  so  deep 179 

He  sendeth  sun,  lie  sendeth  shower 2G5 

Health  of  the  weak,  to  make  them  strong 161 

Hear  what  God,  the  Lord,  hath  spoken 130 

Hear  what  the  voice  from  heaven  proclaims     ......  439 

Heaven  is  a  place  of  rest  from  sin 335 

Help  us  to  help  each  other,  Lord 282 

High  in  the  heavens,  eternal  God 28 

Holy  and  reverend  is  the  name 11 

Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord 370 

Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord  God  Almighty 8 

Holy  Spirit,  Lord  of  light 158 

Hosanna  to  the  Prince  of  Light 100 

How  beauteous  are  their  feet 83 

How  beauteous  were  the  marks  divine 112 

How  gentle  God's  commands 52 

How  gracious  and  how  wise 56 

How  happy  is  he  born  and  taught 309 

How  lovely  are  thy  dwellings  fair 356 

How  pleasant,  how  divinely  fair 358 

How  rich  thy  favors,  God  of  grace 39 

How  sweet  the  name  of  Jesus  sounds 116 

How  sweetly  flowed  the  gospel's  sound 89 


XU  INDEX    OF    FIRST   LINES. 

HYMN 

I  am  free!   I  am  free!   I  have  broken  away 313 

I  heard  the  voice  of  Jesus  say 182 

I  lift  my  lieart  to  thee 223 

I'll  praise  my  Maker  with  my  breath 34 

I  looked  upon  tlie  righteous  man 443 

I  saw  on  earth  anotlier  light 146 

I  sing  the  almighty  power  of  God 27 

I  want  a  principle  within 292 

I  want  the  spirit  of  power  within 2'J5 

I  worship  thee,  sweet  will  of  God 184 

I  would  not  live  alway  ;  I  ask  not  to  stay 328 

In  mercy,  Lord,  remember  me 467 

In  the  cross  of  Christ  I  glory 96 

In  token  that  thou  shalt  not  fear 385 

Interval  of  grateful  shade 450 

Is  there  a  lone  and  dreary  hour 199 

Israel's  Shepherd,  guide  me,  feed  me 377 

It  came  upon  the  midnight  clear 88 

Jerusalem,  my  happy  home 332 

Jerusalem  the  golden 341 

Jesus,  I  my  cross  have  taken 289 

Jesus  is  gone  above  the  skies 392 

Jesus,  Lover  of  my  soul 195 

Jesus  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun 123 

Jesus,  the  very  thought  of  thee 314 

Jesus  !  thou  Joy  of  loving  hearts 177 

Jews  were  wrought  to  cruel  madness 94 

Joy  to  the  world,  the  Lord  is  come 72 

Leader  of  faithful  souls,  and  Guide 218 

Let  children  hear  the  miglity  deeds 60 

Let  one  loud  song  of  praise  arise 2 

Let  others  boast  how  strong  they  be 320 

Let  us  with  a  gladsome  mind 9 

Lift  your  glad  voices  in  triumph  on  high 99 

Like  Noah's  weary  dove 231 

Like  shadows  gliding  o'er  the  plain 315 


INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES.  xlii 

HYMN 

Lo,  God  is  here !  Let  us  adore 355 

Lo  !    the  day  of  rest  declineth 4G0 

Lo,  wliat  a  glorious  sight  appears 129 

Long  did  I  toil,  and  knew  no  earthly  rest 180 

Long  have  I  sat  beneath  the  sound 227 

Lord,  dismiss  us  with  thy  blessing 379 

Lord,  have  mercy  when  we  pray 224 

Lord,  I  believe  a  rest  remains 196 

Lord,  I  will  bless  thee  all  my  days 62 

Lord,  it  belongs  not  to  my  care 256 

Lord  Jesus,  as  thou  wilt 255 

Lord  of  tlie  Sabbath,  hear  our  vows 351 

Lord  of  the  worlds  above 353 

Lord,  teacii  us  how  to  pray  aright 171 

Lord,  'tis  an  infinite  delight 211 

Lord,  thou  art  good ;  all  nature  shows 35 

Lord,  tliou  hast  searched  and  seen  me  through 32 

Lord,  we  liave  wandered  from  thy  ways 228 

Love  divine,  all  love  excelling 176 

Lowly  and  solemn  be 433 

Mark  the  soft-falliug  snow 128 

May  the  grace  of  Christ  our  Saviour 380 

Mid  scenes  of  confusion,  and  creatures'  complaints  ....  267 

My  country!  'tis  of  thee 425 

My  dear  Redeemer  and  my  Lord 114 

My  Father!  cheering  name 212 

My  God,  accept  my  heart  this  day 288 

My  God  !  all  nature  owns  thy  sway 25 

My  God  and  Father,  while  I  stray 271 

My  God,  how  endless  is  thy  love 458 

My  God,  I  thank  thee ;  may  no  thought 245 

My  God  !  in  life's  most  doubtful  hour 249 

My  God,  in  whom  are  all  the  springs 13 

My  God,  my  strength,  my  hope 293 

My  God,  permit  me  not  to  be 220 

My  God,  permit  my  tongue 359 

My  God,  the  covenant  of  thy  love 207 


XIV  INDEX   OF    FIRST  LINES. 

HTMN 

My  God  !  the  spring  of  all  my  joys 181 

My  God,  thy  boundless  love  I  praise 6 

My  Helper,  God,  I  bless  his  name 426 

My  Lord,  I  love  thee,  not  because 261 

My  Maker  and  my  King 36 

My  Shepherd  is  tlie  living  Lord 47 

My  Shepherd  is  the  Lord  on  high 50 

My  soul  in  God  abideth  still 274 

My  soul  lies  cleaving  to  the  dust .  166 

My  soul,  repeat  his  praise 38 

My  spirit  on  thy  care 272 

Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee 248 

No  war  nor  battle's  sound 75 

Nor  eye  hath  seen,  nor  ear  has  heard 334 

Not  to  the  terrors  of  the  Lord 118 

Now,  Lord,  tlie  heavenly  seed  is  sown 374 

Now  may  He  wlio  from  the  dead 382 

Now  may  the  God  of  power  and  grace 423 

Now  Morning  lifts  her  dewy  veil 345 

Now  the  shades  of  night  are  gone 449 

Now  to  the  Lord  a  noble  song 110 

O,  bless  the  Lord,  my  soul 37 

O  bread  to  pilgrims  given 3'J8 

O  come,  loud  anthems  let  us  sing .iOO 

O  draw  me.  Father,  after  thee 21)4 

O,  eyes  tliat  are  weary  and  hearts  tliat  are  sore 258 

O  for  a  closer  walk  with  God 203 

0  for  a  heart  to  praise  my  God I'M 

< )  for  a  prophet's  fire 3H4 

()  for  the  calm  beyond  the  storms 338 

O  God,  by  whom  the  seed  is  given 373 

O  God,  that  madest  the  earth  and  sky 422 

O  God,  thou  art  my  God  alone 216 

0  God !  to  thee  our  hearts  would  pay 431 

O  God  !  we  praise  thee,  and  confess 1 

0  God,  whose  dread  and  dazzling  brow 3*i8 


INDEX   OF   FIRST   LINES.  XV 

HYlfN 

O  God,  Avhose  presence  glows  in  all 414 

0  happy  Christian,  who  can  boast 286 

O,  ha^jpy  is  the  man  who  hears 311 

0  happy  soul  that  lives  on  high 287 

0  here,  if  ever,  God  of  love 395 

Oh  for  a  thousand  tongues  to  sing 119 

Oh  help  us.  Lord !  eacli  hour  of  need 172 

O  holy  Father !  'mid  the  calm 468 

O  how  kindly  liast  thou  led  me 68 

O  King  of  earth  and  air  and  sea 189 

O  Lord,  how  happy  should  we  be 268 

0  Lord,  my  best  desire  fulfil 246 

O  Lord  of  life  and  truth  and  grace 415 

O  Lord  !  thy  heavenly  grace  impart 300 

0  Love  divine,  that  stooped  to  share 268 

0,  mean  may  seem  this  house  of  clay 259 

O,  my  sweet  home,  Jerusalem 342 

One  prayer  I  have,  —  all  prayers  in  one 209 

One  sole  baptismal  sign 184 

One  sweetly  solemn  thought 340 

O,  not  for  these  alone  I  pray       406 

Open,  Lord,  mine  inward  ear 169 

O  Source  divine,  and  Life  of  all 26 

O  Spirit  of  the  living  God 420 

0  that  my  heart  was  right  with  thee 217 

O  thou,  at  whose  almighty  word 104 

O  thou,  from  whom  all  goodness  flows 221 

O  thou  great  Friend  to  all  the  sons  of  men 121 

O  thou  to  whose  all-searching  sight 222 

O  thou  whose  power  o'er  moving  worlds  presides      ....  156 

O  timely  happy,  timely  wise 447 

Our  blest  Redeemer,  ere  he  breathed 137 

Our  God,  our  help  in  ages  past 318 

Our  God,  where'er  thy  people  meet 413 

Our  heavenly  Father  calls 252 

Our  times  are  in  thy  hand 257 

Out  of  the  depths  of  woe 230 


XVI  INDEX   OP   FIRST  LINES. 

HYMIi 

0  where  are  kings  and  empires  now 132 

0  wliere  shall  rest  be  found 232 

Part  in  peace  !  is  day  before  us 457 

Planted  in  Christ,  the  living  Vine 396 

Praise  the  Lord !  ye  heavens,  adore  him 3 

Praise  to  God,  immortal  praise 410 

Praise  to  thee,  thou  great  Creator 20 

Praise  to  the  Lord  of  boundless  might 145 

Pivaise  to  the  radiant  Source  of  bliss 321 

Prayer  is  the  soul's  sincere  desire 167 

Quiet,  Lord,  my  froward  heart 269 

Raise  your  triumphant  songs 103 

Remark,  my  soul,  the  narrow  bounds 427 

■'Remember  me,"  the  Saviour  said 401 

Ride  on,  ride  on  in  majesty 91 

Rise,  crowned  with  liglit,  imperial  Salem,  rise 85 

Rise,  my  soul,  and  stretch  thy  wings 205 

Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me 260 

Saviour,  who  thy  flock  art  feeding 387 

"  See  how  he  loved  !  "  exclaimed  the  Jews 404 

See  Israel's  gentle  Shepherd  stand 384 

See  the  Lord,  thy  Helper,  stand 306 

Sliepherd  of  souls,  refresh  and  bless 399 

Shine  fortli,  eternal  Source  of  light 154 

Shine  on  our  souls,  eternal  God 190 

vShout  the  glad  tidings,  exultingly  sing 78 

Sing  to  the  Lord,  who  loud  proclaims 67 

Sing  we  the  song  of  those  who  stand 127 

Sing,  ye  redeemed  of  the  Lord 322 

Smile,  0  my  God !  on  me 175 

Softly  fades  the  twilight  ray 465 

Softly  now  the  liglit  of  day 464 

Sometimes  a  hght  surprises 187 


INDEX   OF    FIRST   LINES.  XVH 

HYMN 

Songs  of  praise  the  angels  sang 7 

Sons  of  men,  behold  from  far          82 

Soon  as  I  heard  my  Father  say 168 

Soon  will  our  fleeting  hours  be  past 369 

Sow  in  the  morn  thy  seed 418 

Spirit  of  Truth,  on  this  thy  day 136 

Stand  up,  and  bless  the  Lord 12 

Stand  up,  my  soul :  shake  off  thy  fears 284 

Sun  of  my  soul,  thou  Saviour  dear 461 

Supreme  and  universal  Light 162 

Sweet  is  the  work,  my  God,  my  King 347 

Sweet  Saviour,  bless  us  ere  we  go 459 

Teach  me,  my  God  and  King 305 

The  darkened  sky,  how  thick  it  lowers 324 

The  God  of  harvest  praise 411 

The  heaven  of  heavens  cannot  contain 364 

The  heavenly  spheres  to  thee,  0  God 456 

The  heavens  declare  thy  glory.  Lord 141 

The  Lord  is  my  Shepherd,  no  want  shall  I  know 51 

The  Lord  Jehovah  reigns 33 

The  Lord  my  pasture  shall  prepare 49 

The  Lord  my  Shepherd  is 48 

The  morning  light  is  breaking 419 

The  mourners  came,  at  break  of  day 97 

The  otferings  to  thy  throne  which  rise 365 

The  past  is  dark  with  sin  and  shame 235 

The  peace  which  God  bestows 469 

The  race  that  long  in  darkness  pined 81 

The  saints  of  God  are  holy  men 281 

The  saints  on  earth  and  those  above    ....          ....  122 

The  Son  of  God  gave  thanks 400 

The  Son  of  God  goes  forth  to  war 290 

The  spacious  firmament  on  high 24 

The  Spirit  breathes  upon  Hie  word 140 

The  Spirit  in  our  hearts 108 

The  swift  dechning  day 323 


XVlll  INDEX   OF   FIRST   LINES. 

UVMN 

The  uplifted  eye  and  bended  knee 409 

The  voice  of  free  grace  cries,  "  Escape  to  the  mountain  "  .     .  275 

Tlie  world  can  neither  give  nor  take 251 

Thee  will  I  love,  my  strength,  my  tower 178 

There  is  a  book,  who  runs  may  read 28 

Tiiere  is  a  house  not  made  with  hands 831 

There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight 333 

They,  who  on  the  Lord  rely 381 

Thine  for  ever !  God  of  love 389 

Thine  influence,  mighty  God,  is  felt 150 

Think  gently  of  the  erring  one 417 

Tills  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made 348 

This  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made 352 

Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave,  but  we  will  not  deplore  thee  .     .  434 

Thou  art,  O  God  !  the  Life  and  Light 5 

Thou  art  the  first,  and  thou  the  last 383 

Thou  art  the  Way ;  and  he  who  sighs 120 

Thou  hidden  love  of  God,  whose  height 200 

Thou  hidden  Source  of  calm  repose 258 

Thou,  Lord,  tlirough  every  changing  scene 65 

Thou  seest  my  feebleness 183 

Thrice  liappy  souls,  who,  born  from  heaven 310 

Through  all  the  changing  scenes  of  life Gl 

Through  every  age,  eternal  God 819 

Thus  far  the  Lord  has  led  me  on 453 

Thy  holy  will,  my  God,  be  mine 264 

Thy  name.  Almighty  Lord 19 

Thy  presence,  everlasting  God 371 

Thy  servants  in  the  temple  watched 133 

Thy  way,  not  mine,  O  Lord 254 

Thy  will  be  done  !     In  devious  way 204 

'Tis  by  the  faith  of  joys  to  come 234 

"  'Tis  finished  !  "  so  tlie  Saviour  cried 92 

'Tis  God  the  spirit  leads 46 

'Tis  my  happiness  below 55 

To  all  thy  taithful  people.  Lord 378 

To  God,  the  only  wise 14 


INDEX   OP   FIRST  LINES.  XIX 

HYMN 

To  Him,  who  children  blessed 386 

To  keep  the  lamp  alive 142 

To  prayer,  to  prayer !  for  the  morning  breaks 462 

To  thee,  my  God,  my  days  are  known 59 

To  thee,  O  God,  in  heaven 390 

To  thee,  O  God,  we  homage  pay 105 

To-morrow,  Lord,  is  thine 316 

'Twas  on  that  dark,  that  doleful  night 391 

Unshaken  as  the  sacred  hill 63 

Up  to  the  fields  where  angels  lie 206 

Up  to  the  hills  I  lift  my  eyes 45 

Upward  I  lift  my  eyes 44 

Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye  heirs  of  hope 242 

Walk  in  the  light !  so  shalt  thou  know 279 

Watchman  !  tell  us  of  the  night 74 

We  meditate  the  day 84 

Welcome,  sweet  day  of  rest 346 

What  must  it  be  to  dwell  above 337 

What  shall  we  ask  of  God  in  prayer 194 

When  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God 57 

When  fancy  spreads  her  boldest  wings 210 

When  God  of  old  came  down  from  heaven 135 

When  here,  0  Lord !  we  seek  thy  face 412 

When  I  can  read  my  title  clear 336 

When  I  survey  life's  varied  scene 188 

When  I  survey  the  wondrous  cross 403 

When  Israel,  of  the  Lord  beloved 66 

When  languor  and  disease  invade 69 

When  musing  sorrow  weeps  the  past 278 

When,  overwhelmed  with  grief 208 

When  Power  divine,  in  mortal  form 90 

While  shepherds  watched  their  flocks  by  night 76 

While  the  stars  unnumbered  roll 452 

While  thee  I  seek,  protecting  Power 170 

While  through  this  changing  world  we  roam 326 


XX  INDEX   OF   FIRST  LINES. 

ETHH 

While  with  ceaseless  course  the  sun 430 

Why  do  we  mourn  departhig  friends 442 

Wilt  thou  not  visit  me 174 

With  God  my  Friend,  the  radiant  sun 247. 

With  silence  only  as  their  benediction 437 

With  tearful  eyes  I  look  around Ill 

Ye  faithful  souls,  that  Jesus  know 101 

Ye  golden  lamps  of  heaven,  farewell 330 

Ye  servants  of  the  Lord 297 


ffiotr. 


I.     GENERAL   PRAISE  AND   THANKSGIVING. 


CM.  Patkick. 

Te  Deum. 

1  O  God  !  we  praise  thee,  and  confess 

That  thou  the  only  Lord 
And  everlasthig  Father  art, 
By  all  the  earth  adored. 

2  To  thee  all  angels  cry  aloud ; 

To  thee  the  powers  on  high. 
Both  cherubim  and  seraphim, 
Continually  do  cry, — 

3  O  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord, 

Whom  heavenly  hosts  obey. 
The  world  is  with  the  glory  filled 
Of  thy  majestic  sway  I 

4  The  apostles'  glorious  company, 

And  prophets  crowned  with  light, 
With  all  the  martyrs'  noble  host, 
Thy  constant  praise  recite. 

5  The  holy  Church  throughout  the  world, 

O  Lord!  confesses  thee. 
That  thou  eternal  Father  art, 
Of  boundless  majesty. 

3 


4  GENERAL   PRAISE    AND    THANKSGIVING. 

2i.  L.  M.  ROSCOE. 

Song  of  Adoration. 

1  Let  one  loud  song  of  praise  arise 

To  God,  whose  goodness  ceaseless  flows; 
Who  dwells  enthroned  above  the  skies, 
And  life  and  breath  on  all  bestows. 

2  Let  all  of  good  this  bosom  fires, 
To  him,  sole  good,  give  praises  due ; 
Let  all  the  truth  himself  inspires 
Unite  to  sing  him  only  true. 

3  In  ardent  adoration  joined, 
Obedient  to  thy  holy  will, 

Let  all  our  faculties,  combined, 
Thy  just  commands,  O  God  I  fulfil. 

4  Oh,  may  the  solemn-breathing  sound 
Like  incense  rise  before  thy  throne. 
Where  thou,  whose  glory  knows  no  bound, 
Great  Cause  of  all  things,  dwell'st  alone ! 

3.  8s  &  7s  M.  Dublin  Col. 

All  Creatures  invoked  to  praise  God.     Ps.  148. 

1  Praise  the  Lord !  ye  heavens,  adore  him  ; 

Praise  him,  angels  in  the  height ; 
Sun  and  moon,  rejoice  before  him  ; 
Praise  him,  all  ye  stars  of  light. 

2  Praise  the  Lord,  for  he  hath  spoken ; 

Worlds  his  mighty  voice  obeyed ; 
Laws,  which  never  can  be  broken, 
For  their  guidance  he  hath  made. 


GENERAL    PRAISE    AND    THANKSGIVING.  5 

3  Praise  the  Lord,  for  he  is  glorious ; 

Never  shall  his  promise  fail ; 
God  hath  made  his  saints  victorious ; 
Sin  and  death  shall  not  prevail. 

4  Praise  the  God  of  our  salvation ; 

Hosts  on  high  his  power  proclaim ; 
Heaven  and  earth,  and  all  creation, 
Praise  and  magnify  his  name ! 

4.  7s    M.  BOWRING 

Every  good  Gijl  from  the  Father. 

1  Father!  thy  paternal  care 

Has  my  guardian  been,  my  guide  ; 
Every  hallowed  wish  and  prayer 
Has  thy  hand  of  love  supplied. 
Thine  is  every  thought  of  bliss. 
Left  by  hours  and  days  gone  by ; 
Every  hope  thine  offspring  is. 
Beaming  from  futurity. 

2  Every  sun  of  splendid  ray ; 
Every  moon  that  shines  serene; 
Every  morn  that  welcomes  day ; 
Every  evening's  twilight  scene  ; 
Every  hour  which  wisdom  brings  ; 
Every  incense  at  thy  shrine, — 
These,  and  all  life's  holiest  things. 
And  its  fairest,  —  all  are  thine. 

3  And  for  all,  my  hymns  shall  rise 
Daily  to  thy  gracious  throne : 
Thither  let  my  asking  eyes 
Turn  unwearied,  righteous  One ! 


GENERAL   PRAISE   AND   THANKSGIVING. 

Through  life's  strange  vicissitude 
There  reposing  all  my  care ; 
Trusting  still,  through  ill  and  good, 
Fixed  and  cheered  and  counselled  there. 


O.  L.  M.     6  lines.  Moore. 

God  in  Nature. 

1  Thou  art,  O  God !  the  Life  and  Light 
Of  all  this  wondrous  world  we  see : 
Its  glow  by  day,  its  smile  by  night. 
Are  but  reflections  caught  from  thee. 
Where'er  we  turn,  thy  glories  shine. 
And  all  things  fair  and  bright  are  thine. 

2  When  day,  with  farewell  beam,  delays 
Among  the  opening  clouds  of  even. 
And  we  can  almost  think  we  gaze, 
Through  opening  vistas,  into  heaven, — 
Those  hues  that  mark  the  sun's  decline, 
So  soft,  so  radiant.  Lord,  are  thine. 

3  When  night,  with  wings  of  starry  gloom, 
O'ershadows  all  the  earth  and  skies, — 

Like  some  dark,  beauteous  bird,  whose  plume 
Is  sparkling  with  unnumbered  eyes, — 
That  sacred  gloom,  those  fires  divine. 
So  grand,  so  countless.  Lord,  are  thine. 

4  When  youthful  spring  around  us  breathes, 
Thy  Spirit  warms  her  fragrant  sigh ; 
And  every  flower  that  summer  wreathes, 
Is  born  beneath  thy  kindling  eye. 
Where'er  we  turn,  thy  glories  shine, 

And  all  things  fair  and  bright  are  thine. 


GENERAL   PKAISE   AND   THANKSGIVING.  7 

C.  P.  M.  Rev.  H.  Moork, 

God  is  Love. 


My  God,  thy  boundless  love  I  praise ; 
How  bright  on  high  its  glories  blaze  I 

How  sweetly  bloom  below ! 
It  streams  from  thine  eternal  throne ; 
Through  heaven  its  joys  for  ever  run, 

And  o'er  the  earth  they  flow. 

'Tis  love  that  paints  the  purple  morn, 
And  bids  the  clouds,  in  air  upborne. 

Their  genial  drops  distil; 
In  every  vernal  beam  it  glows. 
And  breathes  in  every  gale  that  blows, 

And  glides  in  every  rill. 

It  robes  in  cheerful  green  the  ground, 
And  pours  its  flowery  beauties  round. 

Whose  sweets  perfume  the  gale ; 
Its  bounties  richly  spread  the  plain. 
The  blushing  fruit,  the  golden  grain, 

And  smile  in  every  vale. 

But  in  thy  word  we  see  it  shine 
With  grace  and  glory  more  divine, 

Proclaiming  sins  forgiven; 
There  Faith,  bright  cherub,  points  the  way 
To  realms  of  everlasting  day. 

And  opens  all  her  heaven. 

Then  let  the  love  that  makes  me  blest, 
With  cheerful  praise  inspire  my  breast, 

And  ardent  gratitude ; 
And  all  my  thoughts  and  passions  tend 
To  thee,  my  Father  and  my  Friend, 

My  soul's  eternal  good. 


GENERAL   PRAISE    AND   THANKSGIVING. 


I    .  7S    M.  MONTGOMKRY. 

Glory  to  God  in  the  highest. 

1  Songs  of  praise  the  angels  sang, 
Heaven  Avith  hallelujahs  rang, 
When  Jehovah's  work  begun. 
When  he  spake,  and  it  was  done. 

2  Songs  of  praise  awoke  the  morn 
When  the  Prince  of  peace  was  born ; 
Songs  of  praise  arose  when  he 
Captive  led  captivity. 

3  Heaven  and  earth  must  pass  away ; 
Songs  of  praise  shall  crown  that  day : 
God  will  make  new  heavens  and  earth ; 
Songs  of  praise  shall  hail  their  birth. 

4  And  will  man  alone  be  dumb 
Till  that  glorious  kingdom  come? 
No :  the  Church  delights  to  raise 
Psalms  and  hymns  and  songs  of  praise. 

5  Saints  below,  with  heart  and  voice, 
Still  in  songs  of  praise  rejoice ; 
Learning  here,  by  faith  and  love, 
Songs  of  praise  to  sing  above. 

6  Borne  upon  the  latest  breath. 
Songs  of  praise  shall  conquer  death  ; 
Then,  amidst  eternal  joy, 

Songs  of  praise  their  powers  employ. 


GENERAL   PRAISE   AND   THANKSGIVING.  9 

8.  P.M.  Heber. 

Thrice  holy. 

1  Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord  God  Almighty ! 

Early  in  the  morning  our  song  shall  rise  to 

thee ; 
Holy,  holy,  holy !  merciful  and  mighty ! 

All  thy  works  shall  praise  thy  name  in  earth, 

sky,  and  sea. 

2  Holy,  holy,  holy !  all  the  saints  adore  thee. 

Casting  down  their  golden  crowns  around  the 

glassy  sea; 
Cherubim    and    seraphim    falling    down    before 

thee. 
Thou  who  wast,  and  art,  and  evermore  shalt 

be! 

3  Holy,  holy,  holy!     Though   the   darkness    hide 

thee. 
Though  the  eye  of  sinful  man  thy  glory  may 

not  see. 
Only  thou  art  holy ;  there  is  none  beside  thee, 
Infinite  in  power,  in  love,  and  purity ! 


9.  7s  M. 

Praise  to  God.     Ps.  136. 

1  Let  us,  with  a  gladsome  mind, 
Praise  the  Lord,  for  he  is  kind  ; 
For  his  mercies  aye  endure, 
Ever  faithful,  ever  sure. 

2  Let  us  blaze  his  name  abroad. 
For  of  gods  he  is  the  God ; 
For  his  mercies,  &c. 


Milton. 


10  GENERAL    PRAISE    AND    THANKSGIVING. 

3  Who,  with  all-commanding  might, 
Filled  the  new-made  world  with  light; 
For  his  mercies,  &c. 

4  Caused  the  golden-tressed  sun 
All  day  long  his  course  to  run ; 
For  his  mercies,  &c. 

5  And  the  moon  to  shine  by  night, 
'Mongst  her  spangled  sisters  bright; 
For  his  mercies,  &c. 

6  His  own  people  he  did  bless, 
In  the  wasteful  wilderness ; 
For  his  mercies,  &c. 

7  He  hath,  with  a  piteous  eye, 
Viewed  us  in  our  misery ; 
For  his  mercies,  &c. 

8  All  his  creatures  he  doth  feed ; 
His  full  hand  supplies  their  need ; 
For  his  mercies,  &c. 

9  Let  us,  therefore,  warble  forth 
His  high  majesty  and  worth  ; 
For  his  mercies,  &c. 


10.  7s  M. 

Glory  to  God. 

1  Glory  be  to  God  on  high, 
God  whose  glory  fills  the  sky ; 
Peace  on  earth  to  man  forgiven, 
Man,  the  well  beloved  of  heaven. 


J.  Taylor. 


GENERAL   PRAISE   AND   THANKSGIVING.  11 

Favored  mortals,  raise  the  song  ; 
Endless  thanks  to  God  belong : 
Hearts  o'erflowing  with  his  praise, 
Join  the  hymns  your  voices  raise. 

Mark  the  wonders  of  his  hand ; 
Power,  no  empire  can  withstand  ; 
Wisdom,  angels'  glorious  theme ; 
Goodness,  one  eternal  stream. 

Gracious  Being!  from  thy  throne 
Send  thy  promised  blessings  down ; 
Let  thy  light,  thy  truth,  thy  peace, 
Bid  our  raging  passions  cease. 


1.  CM.  Rippon's  Col 

Hallowed  be  thy  Name. 

1  Holy  and  reverend  is  the  name 

Of  our  eternal  King ; 
Thrice  holy,  Lord !  the  angels  cry ; 
Thrice  holy,  let  us  sing. 

2  The  deepest  reverence  of  the  mind 

Pay,  O  my  soul !  to  God ; 
Lift  with  thy  hands  a  holy  heart 
To  his  sublime  abode. 

3  With  sacred  awe  pronounce  his  name, 

Whom  words  nor  thoughts  can  reach : 
A  trusting  heart  shall  please  him  more 
Than  the  best  forms  of  speech. 

4  Thou  holy  God !  preserve  my  soul 

From  sinful  passion  free ; 
And,  pure  in  heart,  may  I  behold 
A  God  of  purity! 


12  GENERAL   PRAISE   AND   THANKSGIVING. 

A-Zi.  S.  M.  Montgomery. 

Praise. 

1  Stand  up,  and  bless  the  Lord, 
Ye  people  of  his  choice ; 

Stand  up,  and  bless  the  Lord  your  God, 
With  heart  and  soul  and  voice. 

2  Though  high  above  all  praise, 
Above  all  blessing  high, 

Who  would  not  fear  his  holy  name, 
And  laud  and  magnify  ? 

3  O  for  the  living  flame. 
From  his  own  altar  brought, 

To  touch  our  lips,  our  minds  inspire. 
And  raise  to  heaven  our  thought ! 

4  There,  with  benign  regard. 
Our  hymns  he  deigns  to  hear ; 

Though  unrevealed  to  mortal  sense, 
The  spirit  feels  him  near. 

5  Stand  up,  and  bless  the  Lord ; 
The  Lord  your  God  adore ; 

Stand  up.  and  bless  his  glorious  name, 
Henceforth,  for  evermore. 

13.  L.  M.  Waits. 

Praise  for  Protection,  Grace,  and  Truth.     Ps.  -u. 

1  My  God,  in  whom  are  all  the  springs 
Of  boundless  love  and  grace  unknown, 
Hide  me  beneath  thy  spreading  wings 
Till  the  dark  cloud  is  overblown. 


GENERAL  PRAISE   AND   THANKSGIVING.  13 

2  Up  to  the  heavens  I  send  my  cry ; 
The  Lord  will  my  desires  perform : 
He  sends  his  angel  from  the  sky, 

And  saves  me  from  the  threatening  storm. 

3  Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God ! 

Above  the  heavens,  where  angels  dwell ; 
Thy  power  on  earth  be  known  abroad, 
And  land  to  land  thy  wonders  tell. 

4  My  heart  is  fixed ;  my  song  shall  raise 
Immortal  honors  to  thy  name : 

Awake,  my  tongue,  to  sound  his  praise, — 
My  tongue,  the  glory  of  my  frame. 

5  High  o'er  the  earth  thy  mercy  reigns, 
And  reaches  to  the  utmost  sky ; 

His  truth  to  endless  years  remains, 
When  lower  worlds  dissolve  and  die. 

6  Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God ! 

Above  the  heavens,  where  angels  dwell ; 
Thy  power  on  earth  be  known  abroad. 
And  land  to  land  thy  wonders  tell. 


L4. 


S.  M.  Watts. 

Preserving  Grace. 

1  To  God,  the  only  wise. 
Our  Saviour  and  our  King, 

Let  all  the  saints  below  the  skies 
Their  humble  praises  bring. 

2  'Tis  his  almighty  love. 
His  counsel  and  his  care. 

Preserves  us  safe  from  sin  and  death, 
And  every  hurtful  snare. 


14  GENERAL   PRAISE    AND   THANKSGIVING. 

3  He  will  present  our  souls, 
Unblemished  and  complete, 

Before  the  glory  of  his  face, 
With  joys  divinely  great. 

4  Then  all  the  chosen  seed 
Shall  meet  around  the  throne, 

Shall  bless  the  conduct  of  his  grace, 
And  make  his  wonders  known. 

5  To  our  Redeemer  God 
Wisdom  and  power  belongs, 

Immortal  crowns  of  majesty. 
And  everlasting  songs. 

J.O.  L.  M.  Doddridge 

Perpetual  Praise. 

1  God  of  my  life !  through  all  its  days 

My  grateful  powers  shall  sound  thy  praise ; 
The  song  shall  wake  with  opening  light, 
And  warble  to  the  silent  night. 

2  When  anxious  cares  would  break  my  rest, 
And  griefs  would  tear  my  throbbing  breast. 
Thy  tuneful  praises,  raised  on  high. 

Shall  check  the  murmur  and  the  sigh. 

3  When  death  o'er  nature  shall  prevail, 
And  all  its  powers  of  language  fail, 

Joy  through  my  swimming  eyes  shall  break, 
And  mean  the  thanks  I  cannot  speak. 

4  But,  oh!  when  that  last  conflict's  o'er, 
And  I  am  chained  to  flesh  no  more. 
With  what  glad  accents  shall  I  rise 
To  join  the  music  of  the  skies! 


GENERAL   PRAISE   AND   THANKSGIVING.  15 

5  Soon  shall  I  learn  the  exalted  strains 
Which  echo  o'er  the  heavenly  plains ; 
And  emulate,  with  joy  unknown, 
The  glowing  seraphs  round  thy  throne. 

6  The  cheerful  tribute  will  I  give, 
Long  as  a  deathless  soul  can  live : 
A  work  so  sweet,  a  theme  so  high, 
Demands  and  crowns  eternity ! 


7s.  Montgomery. 

1  All  ye  nations,  praise  the  Lord ; 
All  ye  lands,  your  voices  raise ; 
Heaven  and  earth,  with  loud  accord, 
Praise  the  Lord,  for  ever  praise. 

2  For  his  truth  and  mercy  stand, 
Past  and  present  and  to  be, 
Like  the  years  of  his  right  hand. 
Like  his  own  eternity. 

3  Praise  him,  ye  who  know  his  love, 
Praise  him  from  the  depths  beneath ; 
Praise  him  in  the  heights  above ; 
Praise  your  Maker,  all  that  breathe. 


ST»/r  (  Variation  from  Hammond, 

•  ■'^♦i-  \  by  Madan. 

.     Awake,  and  sing  the  song 

Of  Moses  and  the  Lamb ! 
Wake  every  heart  and  every  tongue 

To  praise  the  Saviour's  name ! 


16  GENERAL    PRAISE    AND    THANKSGIVING. 

2  Sing  of  his  dying  love ; 
Sing  of  his  rising  power; 

Sing  how  he  intercedes  above 
For  those  whose  sins  he  bore. 

3  Sing  till  we  feel  our  hearts 
Ascending  with  our  tongues ; 

Sing  till  the  love  of  sin  departs, 
And  grace  inspires  our  songs. 

4  Sing  on  your  heavenly  way, — 
Ye  ransomed  sinners,  sing; 

Sing  on,  rejoicing  every  day 
In  Christ,  the  eternal  King. 

5  Soon  shall  ye  hear  him  say, 
Ye  blessed  children,  come ; 

Soon  will  he  call  you  hence  away, 
And  take  his  wanderers  home. 


18.  L-  M,  Watts. 

Praise  to  God  from  all  Nations.     Ps.  117. 

1  From  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies 
Let  the  Creator's  praise  arise ; 

Let  the  Redeemer's  name  be  sung 
Through  every  land,  by  every  tongue. 

2  Eternal  are  thy  mercies,  Lord ; 
Eternal  truth  attends  thy  word ; 

Thy  praise  shall  sound  from  shore  to  shore, 
Till  suns  shall  rise  and  set  no  more. 


GENERAL   PRAISE    AND    THANKSGIVING.  17 

19.  S.  M.  Watts. 
Ps.  117. 

1  Thy  name,  Almighty  Lord, 
Shall  sound  through  distant  lands : 

Great  is  thy  grace,  and  sure  thy  word ; 
Thy  truth  for  ever  stands. 

2  Far  be  thine  honor  spread. 
And  long  thy  praise  endure. 

Till  morning  light  and  evening  shade 
Shall  be  exchanged  no  more. 

20.  8s  &  7s  M.  Fawcett. 

Universal  Praise. 

1  Praise  to  thee,  thou  great  Creator! 

Praise  to  thee  from  every  tongue ; 
Join,  my  soul,  with  every  creature, — 
Join  the  universal  song. 

2  For  ten  thousand  blessings  given, 

For  the  hope  of  future  joy, 
Sound  his  praise  through  earth  and  heaven ; 
Sound  Jehovah's  praise  on  high. 


11.    crp:ation  and  providence. 


^1.  L.  M.  WREFOEn. 

The  present  God. 

1  God  of  the  ocean,  earth,  and  sky, 
In  thy  bright  presence  we  rejoice; 
We  feel  thee,  see  thee,  ever  nigh ; 
We  ever  hear  thy  gracious  voice. 

2  We  feel  thee  in  the  sunny  beam  ; 

We  see  thee  walk  the  mountain  waves ; 
We  hear  thee  in  the  murmuring  stream, 
And  when  the  midnight  tempest  raves. 

3  God  on  the  lonely  hills  we  meet ; 
God  in  the  valley  and  the  grove ; 
While  birds  and  whispering  winds  repeat 
That  God  is  there,  —  that  God  is  Love. 

4  We  meet  thee  in  the  silent  hour. 
When  wearied  Nature  sinks  to  rest, 
When  dies  the  breeze,  and  sleeps  the  flower, 
And  peace  is  given  to  every  breast. 

5  We  see  thee  when,  at  eve,  afar 

We  upward  lift  our  wondering  sight; 
We  see  thee  in  each  glittering  star 
That  beautifies  the  gloom  of  night. 

6  But  better  still,  and  still  more  clear, 
Thee  in  the  sacred  page  we  see : 
There  thy  own  glorious  words  we  hear. 
And  learn  the  way  to  heaven  and  thee. 

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CREATION    AND   PROVIDENCE.  19 

22.  L.  M.  BOWEING. 

God  is  Everywhere. 

1  Father  and  Friend!  thy  light,  thy  love, 
Beaming  through  all  thy  works,  we  see; 
Thy  glory  gilds  the  heavens  above. 
And  all  the  earth  is  full  of  thee. 

2  Thy  voice  we  hear,  thy  presence  feel, 
Whilst  thou,  too  pure  for  mortal  sight, 
Involved  in  clouds,  invisible, 
Reignest  the  Lord  of  life  and  light. 

3  We  know  not  in  what  hallowed  part 

Of  the  wide  heavens  thy  throne  may  be ; 
But  this  we  know,  that  where  thou  art. 
Strength,  wisdom,  goodness,  dwell  with  thee. 

4  And  through  the  various  maze  of  time. 
And  through  the  infinity  of  space, 
We  follow  thy  career  sublime. 

And  all  thy  wondrous  footsteps  trace. 

5  Thy  children  shall  not  faint  nor  fear. 
Sustained  by  this  delightful  thought, — 
Since  thou,  their  God,  art  everywhere, 
They  cannot  be  where  thou  art  not. 


23.  CM. 


Keble. 


"  The   invisible   things   of  him,  clearly  seen,  being   understood  by   the 
things  that  are  made." 

1  There  is  a  book,  who  runs  may  read, 
Which  heavenly  truth  imparts. 
And  all  the  lore  its  scholars  need, 
Pure  eyes  and  Christian  hearts. 


20  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

2  The  works  of  God  above,  below. 

Within  us,  and  around, 
Are  pages  in  that  book,  to  show 
How  God  himself  is  found. 

3  The  glorious  sky,  embracing  all, 

Is  like  the  Maker's  love. 
Wherewith  encompassed,  great  and  small 
In  peace  and  order  move. 

4  The  dew  of  heaven  is  like  thy  grace : 

It  steals  in  silence  down ; 
But  where  it  lights,  the  favored  place 
By  richest  fruits  is  known. 

5  One  name,  above  all  glorious  names, 

With  its  ten  thousand  tongues. 
The  everlasting  sea  proclaims, 
Echoing  angelic  songs. 

6  The  raging  fire,  the  roaring  wind. 

Thy  boundless  power  display  ; 
But  in  the  gentler  breeze  we  find 
Thy  Spirit's  viewless  way. 

7  Thoii,  who  hast  given  me  eyes  to  see 

And  love  this  sight  so  fair, 
Give  me  a  heart  to  find  out  thee, 
And  read  thee  everywhere. 

24.  L.  M.  Addison. 

The  Heavens  declare  the  Glory  of  God.     Ps.  19. 

1   The  spacious  firmament  on  high, 
With  all  the  blue,  ethereal  sky. 
And  spangled  heavens,  a  shining  frame, 
Their  great  Original  proclaim. 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  21 

The  unwearied  sun,  from  day  to  day, 
Doth  his  Creator's  power  display, 
And  publishes  to  every  land 
The  work  of  an  almighty  hand. 

Soon  as  the  evening  shades  prevail. 

The  moon  takes  up  the  wondrous  tale, 

And  nightly  to  the  listening  earth 

Repeats  the  story  of  her  birth ; 

Whilst  all  the  stars  which  round  her  burn, 

And  all  the  planets,  in  their  turn. 

Confirm  the  tidings,  as  they  roll, 

And  spread  the  truth  from  pole  to  pole. 

What  though,  in  solemn  silence,  all 
Move  round  this  dark,  terrestrial  ball; 
What  though  no  real  voice  nor  sound 
Amidst  their  radiant  orbs  be  found, — 
In  reason's  ear  they  all  rejoice. 
And  utter  forth  a  glorious  voice. 
For  ever  singing,  as  they  shine, 
"  The  hand  that  made  us  is  divine." 


25.  P.  M.  Miss  H.  M.  Williams. 

"  The  Day  is  thine,  the  Night  also  is  thine."     Ps.  Ixxiv.  16,  17. 

1   My  God!  all  nature  owns  thy  sway; 
Thou  giv'st  the  night,  and  thou  the  day ; 
When  all  thy  loved  creation  wakes. 
When  morning,  rich  in  lustre,  breaks, 
And  bathes  in  dew  the  opening  flower 
To  thee  we  owe  her  fragrant  hour ; 
And  when  she  pours  her  choral  song, 
Her  melodies  to  thee  belong. 


22  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

2  Or  when,  in  paler  tints  arrayed, 

The  evening  slowly  spreads  her  shade. 
That  soothing  shade,  that  grateful  gloom, 
Can,  more  than  day's  enlivening  bloom, 
Still  every  fond  and  vain  desire. 
And  calmer,  purer  thoughts  inspire ; 
From  earth  the  pensive  spirit  free. 
And  lead  the  softeiied  heart  to  thee. 

3  In  every  scene  thy  hands  have  dressed. 
In  every  form  by  thee  impressed, 
Upon  the  mountain's  awful  head. 

Or  where  the  sheltering  woods  are  spread. 
In  every  note  that  swells  the  gale. 
Or  tuneful  stream  that  cheers  the  vale, 
The  cavern's  depth,  or  echoing  grove, 
A  voice  is  heard  of  praise  and  love. 

4  As  o'er  thy  work  the  seasons  roll. 

And  soothe,  with  change  of  bliss,  the  soul, 
Oh,  never  may  their  smiling  train 
Pass  o'er  the  human  sense  in  vain  I 
But  oft,  as  on  their  charms  we  gaze. 
Attune  the  wandering  soul  to  praise ; 
And  be  the  joys  that  most  we  prize 
The  joys  that  from  thy  favor  rise  ! 


26. 


Li.  JVI.  Steklino. 

Law  and  Love. 


1  O  Source  divine,  and  Life  of  all. 
The  Fount  of  being's  wondrous  sea  I 
Thy  depth  would  every  heart  appall, 
That  saw  not  love  supreme  in  thee. 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  23 

2  We  shrink  before  thy  vast  abyss, 
Where  worlds  on  worlds  eternal  brood ; 
We  know  thee  truly  but  in  this, — 
That  thou  bestowest  all  our  good. 

3  And  so,  'mid  boundless  time  and  space, 
Oh,  grant  us  still  in  thee  to  dwell, 
And  through  the  ceaseless  web  to  trace 
Thy  presence  working  all  things  well! 

4  Nor  let  thou  life's  delightful  play 
Thy  truth's  transcendent  vision  hide  ; 
Nor  strength  and  gladness  lead  astray 
From  thee,  our  nature's  only  guide. 

5  Bestow  on  every  joyous  thrill 
Thy  deeper  tone  of  reverent  awe ; 
Make  pure  thy  children's  erring  will. 
And  teach  their  hearts  to  love  thy  law ! 


C.  M.  Watts. 

Praise  for  Creation  and  Providence. 

1  I  SING  the  almighty  power  of  God, 

That  made  the  mountains  rise  ; 
That  spread  the  flowing  seas  abroad, 
And  built  the  lofty  skies. 

2  I  sing  the  wisdom  that  ordained 

The  sun  to  rule  the  day ; 
The  moon  shines  full  at  his  command, 
And  all  the  stars  obey. 

3  I  sing  the  goodness  of  the  Lord, 

That  filled  the  earth  with  food ; 
He  formed  the  creatures  with  his  word. 
And  then  pronounced  them  good. 


24  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

4  Lord,  how  thy  wonders  are  displayed, 

Where'er  I  turn  my  eye, 
If  I  survey  the  ground  I  tread, 
Or  gaze  upon  the  sky  I 

5  There's  not  a  plant  or  flower  below, 

But  makes  thy  glories  known  ; 
And  clouds  arise  and  tempests  blow 
By  order  from  thy  throne. 

6  Creatures,  as  numerous  as  they  be, 

Are  subject  to  thy  care ; 
There's  not  a  place  where  we  can  flee 
But  God  is  present  there. 

7  His  hand  is  my  perpetual  guard; 

He  keeps  me  with  his  eye  : 
Why  should  I,  then,  forget  the  Lord, 
Who  is  for  ever  nigh  ? 


28.  L.  M. 


"Watts. 


The  Perfections  and  Providence  of  God.     Ps.  36. 

High  in  the  heavens,  eternal  God, 

Thy  goodness  in  full  glory  shines  ; 

Thy  truth  shall  break  througli  every  cloud 

That  veils  and  darkens  thy  designs. 

For  ever  firm  thy  justice  stands. 
As  mountains  their  foundations  keep; 
Wise  are  the  wonders  of  thy  hands ; 
Thy  judgments  are  a  mighty  deep. 

Thy  providence  is  kind  and  large  ; 
Both  man  and  beast  thy  bounty  share ; 
The  whole  creation  is  thy  charge, 
But  saints  are  thy  peculiar  care. 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  25 

4  My  God,  how  excellent  thy  grace ! 
Whence  all  our  hope  and  comfort  springs ; 
The  sons  of  Adam,  in  distress, 

Fly  to  the  shadow  of  thy  wings. 

5  Life,  like  a  fountain  rich  and  free, 
Springs  from  the  presence  of  my  Lord ; 
And  in  thy  light  our  souls  shall  see 
The  glories  promised  in  thy  word. 


29.  L.  M.  Watts. 

God's  Wonders  of  Creation  and  Providence.     Ps.  136. 

1  Give  to  our  God  immortal  praise ; 
Mercy  and  truth  are  all  his  ways : 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong; 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  song. 

2  Give  to  the  Lord  of  lords  renown ; 
The  King  of  kings  with  glory  crown  : 
His  mercies  ever  shall  endure, 

When  lords  and  kings  are  known  no  more. 

3  He  built  the  earth,  he  spread  the  sky. 
And  fixed  the  starry  lights  on  high  : 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong ; 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  song. 

4  He  fills  the  sun  with  morning  light ; 
He  bids  the  moon  direct  the  night: 
His  mercies  ever  shall  endure. 

When  suns  and  moons  shall  shine  no  more. 

5  He  sent  his  Son  with  power  to  save 
From  guilt  and  darkness  and  the  grave : 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong ; 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  song. 


26  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

6  Through  this  vain  world  he  guides  our  feet, 
And  leads  us  to  his  heavenly  seat : 
His  mercies  ever  shall  endure, 
When  this  vain  world  shall  be  no  more. 


30.  H.  M.  Watts, 

God's  Wonders  of  Creation  and  Providence.     Ps.  13G. 

1  Give  thanks  to  God  most  high, 
The  universal  Lord, 

The  sovereign  King  of  kings, 
And  be  his  grace  adored : 

His  power  and  grace 

Are  still  the  same; 

And  let  his  name 

Have  endless  praise. 

2  How  mighty  is  his  hand  ! 
What  wonders  hath  he  done ! 
He  formed  the  earth  and  seas. 
And  spread  the  heavens  alone : 

Thy  mercy,  Lord, 
Shall  still  endure ; 
And  ever  sure 
Abides  thy  word. 

3  He  sent  his  only  Son 

To  save  us  from  our  woe, 
From  Satan,  sin,  and  death, 
And  every  hurtful  foe  : 

His  power  and  grace 

Are  still  the  same ; 

And  let  his  name 

Have  endless  praise. 

4  Give  thanks  aloud  to  God, 
To  God  the  heavenly  King, 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  27 

And  let  the  spacious  earth 
His  works  and  glories  sing : 

Thy  mercy,  Lord, 

Shall  still  endure ; 

And  ever  sure 

Abides  thy  word. 

31.  L.  M.  Browne. 

Praise  to  the  only  true  God.     Ps.  86. 

1  Eternal  God,  Almighty  Cause 

Of  earth,  and  seas,  and  worlds  unknown. 
All  things  are  subject  to  thy  laws ; 
All  things  depend  on  thee  alone. 

2  Thy  glorious  being  singly  stands. 
Of  all  within  itself  possessed; 
Controlled  by  none  are  thy  commands ; 
Thou  in  thyself  alone  art  blessed. 

3  Worship  to  thee  alone  belongs ; 
Worship  to  thee  alone  we  give ; 

Thine  be  our  hearts  and  thine  our  songs, 
And  to  thy  glory  may  we  live. 

4  Lord,  spread  thy  name  through  heathen  lands ; 
Their  idol  deities  dethrone  ; 

Subdue  the  world  to  thy  commands, 
And  reign,  as  thou  art,  God  alone. 

32.  L.  M.  Watts. 
The  all-seeing  God.     Ps.  139. 

1  Lord,  thou  hast  searched  and  seen  me  through ; 
Thine  eye  commands,  with  piercing  view, 
My  rising  and  my  resting  hours. 
My  heart  and  flesh,  with  all  their  powers. 


28  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

2  Within  thy  circling  power  I  stand  ; 
On  every  side  I  find  thy  hand  ; 
Awake,  asleep,  at  home,  abroad, 

I  am  surrounded  still  with  God. 

3  Amazing  knowledge,  vast  and  great ! 
What  large  extent  I    what  lofty  height! 
My  soul,  with  all  the  powers  I  boast, 
Is  in  the  boundless  prospect  lost. 

4  Oh,  may  these  thoughts  possess  my  breast. 
Where'er  I  rove,  where'er  I  rest ! 

Nor  let  my  weaker  passions  dare 
Consent  to  sin,  for  God  is  there. 


H.  M.  Watts. 

God's  Majesty  and  Sovereignty . 

The  Lord  Jehovah  reigns; 
His  throne  is  built  on  high ; 
The  garments  he  assumes 
Are  light  and  majesty  : 

His  glories  shine 

With  beams  so  bright, 

No  mortal  eye 

Can  bear  the  sight. 

The  thunders  of  his  hand 
Keep  the  wide  world  in  awe ; 
His  wrath  and  justice  stand 
To  guard  his  lioly  law : 

And  where  his  love 

Resolves  to  bless. 

His  truth  confirms 

And  seals  the  grace. 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  29 

And  can  this  mighty  King 
Of  glory  condescend? 
And  will  he  write  his  name 
"  My  Father  and  my  Friend  "  ? 

I  Jove  his  name, 

I  love  his  word  ; 

Join,  all  my  powers, 

And  praise  the  Lord. 


34.  L.  M.     6  lines. 

Praise  to  God  for  his  Goodness  and  Truth.     Ps.  14G. 

1  I'll  praise  my  Maker  with  my  breath, 
And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 
Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  powers; 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past, 
While  life  and  thought  and  being  last, 
Or  immortality  endures. 

2  Why  should  I  make  a  man  my  trust  ? 
Princes  must  die  and  turn  to  dust ; 
Vain  is  the  help  of  flesh  and  blood; 

Their  breath  departs,  their  pomp  and  power 
And  thoughts,  all  vanish  in  an  hour. 
Nor  can  they  make  their  promise  good. 

3  Happy  the  man  whose  hopes  rely 
On  Israel's  God ;  he  made  the  sky, 
And  earth,  and  seas,  with  all  their  train ; 
His  truth  for  ever  stands  secure  ; 

He  saves  the  oppressed,  he  feeds  the  poor, 
And  none  shall  find  his  promise  vain, 

4  The  Lord  hath  eyes  to  give  the  blind ; 
The  Lord  supports  the  sinking  mind  ; 


Watts. 


30  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

He  sends  the  laboring  conscience  peace; 

He  helps  the  stranger  in  distress, 

The  widow  and  the  fatherless, 

And  grants  the  prisoner  sweet  release. 


OO.  C.  M.  Browne. 

Universal  Goodness  of  God. 

1  Lord,  thou  art  good ;  all  nature  shows 

Its  mighty  Author  kind  : 
Thy  bounty  through  creation  flows. 
Full,  free,  and  unconfined. 

2  The  whole  in  every  part  proclaims 

Thy  infinite  good-will : 
It  shines  in  stars,  and  flows  in  streams, 
And  bursts  from  every  hill. 

3  We  view  it  o'er  the  spreading  main. 

And  heavens,  which  spread  more  wide ; 
It  drops  in  gentle  showers  of  rain, 
And  rolls  in  every  tide. 

4  Long  hath  it  been  diiTused  abroad. 

Through  ages  past  and  gone; 
Nor  ever  can  exhausted  be. 
But  still  keeps  flowing  on, 

5  Through  the  whole  earth  it  pours  supplies. 

Spreads  joy  through  every  part; 
Oh,  may  such  love  attract  my  eyes, 
And  captivate  my  heart! 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  31 

S.  M.  Mks.  Steele. 

God  our  Creator  and  Benefactor. 

1  My  Maker  and  my  King, 
To  thee  my  all  I  owe ; 

Thy  sovereign  bounty  is  the  spring 
From  whence  my  blessings  flow. 

2  Thon  ever  good  and  kind, 
A  thousand  reasons  move, 

A  thousand  obligations  bind, 
My  heart  to  grateful  love. 

3  The  creature  of  thy  hand. 
On  thee  alone  1  live ; 

My  God,  thy  benefits  demand 
More  praise  than  life  give. 

4  O,  what  can  I  impart, 
When  all  is  thine  before  ? 

Thy  love  demands  a  thankful  heart 
The  gift,  alas,  how  poor  I 

5  O,  let  thy  grace  inspire 

My  soul  with  strength  divine! 
Let  all  my  powers  to  thee  aspire, 
And  all  my  days  be  thine. 


S.  M.  Watts. 

Praise  for  spiritual  and  temporal  Mercies.     Ps.  103. 

L     O,  BLESS  the  Lord,  my  soul ! 

Let  all  within  me  join, 
And  aid  my  tongue  to  bless  his  name, 

Whose  favors  are  divine. 


Oi:  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

2  O,  bless  the  Lord,  my  soul  I 
Nor  let  his  mercies  lie 

Forgotten  in  unthankfulness, 
And  without  praises  die. 

3  'Tis  he  forgives  thy  sins, 
'Tis  he  relieves  thy  pain  ; 

'Tis  he  that  heals  thy  sicknesses, 
And  makes  thee  young  again. 

4  He  fills  the  poor  with  good ; 
He  gives  the  sufferers  rest; 

The  Lord  hath  judgments  for  the  proud, 
And  justice  for  the  opprest. 

5  His  wondrous  works  and  ways 
He  made  by  Moses  known. 

But  sent  the  world  his  truth  and  grace 
By  his  beloved  Son. 

38.  s.  M. 

Abounding  Compassion  of  God.     Ps.  103. 

1  My  soul,  repeat  his  praise, 
Whose  mercies  are  so  great, 

Whose  anger  is  so  slow  to  rise, 
So  ready  to  abate. 

2  High  as  the  heavens  are  raised 
Above  the  ground  we  tread. 

So  far  the  riches  of  his  grace 
Our  highest  thoughts  exceed. 

3  His  power  subdues  our  sins. 
And  his  forgiving  love 

Far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west, 
Doth  all  our  guilt  remove. 


Watts. 


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4  The  pity  of  the  Lord, 

To  those  that  fear  his  name, 
Is  such  as  tender  parents  feel ; 
He  knows  our  feeble  frame. 

5  Our  days  are  as  the  grass, 
Or  like  the  morning  flower ; 

If  one  sharp  blast  sweep  o'er  the  field, 
It  withers  in  an  hour. 

6  But  thy  compassions.  Lord, 
To  endless  years  endure  ; 

And  children's  children  ever  find 
Thy  words  of  promise  sure. 

0*J.  CM.  Doddridge. 

God's  Grace. 

1  How  rich  thy  favors,  God  of  grace ! 

How  various  and  divine  I 
Full  as  the  ocean  they  are  poured. 
And  bright  as  heaven  they  shine. 

2  He  to  eternal  glory  calls, 

And  leads  the  wondrous  way 
To  his  own  palace,  where  he  reigns 
In  uncreated  day. 

3  The  songs  of  everlasting  years 

That  mercy  shall  attend. 
Which  leads,  through  sufferings  of  an  hour. 
To  joys  that  never  end. 


34  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

40.  C.  M.  Doddridge. 

The  divine  Goodness  in  Afflictions. 

1  Great  Ruler  of  all  nature's  frame, 

We  own  thy  power  divine ; 
We  hear  thy  breath  in  every  storm, 
For  all  the  winds  are  thine. 

2  Wide  as  they  sweep  their  sounding  way, 

They  work  thy  sovereign  will ; 
And,  awed  by  thy  majestic  voice, 
Confusion  shall  be  still 

3  Thy  mercy  tempers  every  blast 

To  them  that  seek  thy  face, 
And  mingles  with  the  tempest's  roar 
The  whispers  of  thy  grace. 

4  Those  gentle  whispers  let  me  hear, 

Till  all  the  tumult  cease ; 
And  gales  of  paradise  shall  lull 
My  weary  soul  to  peace. 

4tJ_.  L.  M.  DODDUIDGE. 

Him  who  is  invisible. 

1  Eternal  and  immortal  King 

Thy  peerless  splendors  none  can  bear; 
But  darkness  veils  seraphic  eyes. 
When  God  with  all  his  lustre's  there. 

2  Yet  faith  can  pierce  the  awful  gloom. 
The  great  Invisible  can  see. 

And  with  its  tremblings  mingle  joy. 
In  fixed  regards,  great  God,  to  thee. 


CREATION   AND   PROVIDENCE.  35 

3  Then  every  tempting  form  of  sin, 
Shamed  in  thy  presence,  disappears ; 
And  all  the  glowing,  raptured  soul 
The  likeness  it  contemplates  wears. 

4  Oh,  ever-conscious  to  my  heart, 
Witness  to  its  supreme  desire. 
Behold,  it  presseth  on  to  thee. 

For  it  hath  caught  the  heavenly  fire  I 

5  This  one  petition  would  it  urge, — 
To  bear  thee  ever  in  its  sight; 

In  life,  in  death,  in  worlds  unknown. 
Its  only  portion  and  delight. 

:2.  L.  M.  Kippis. 

To  the  unknown  God, 

1  Great  God!  in  vain  man's  narrow  view 
Attempts  to  look  thy  nature  through ; 
Our  laboring  powers  with  reverence  own 
Thy  glories  never  can  be  known. 

2  Not  the  high  seraph's  mighty  thought. 
Who  countless  years  his  God  has  sought. 
Such  wondrous  height  or  depth  can  find. 
Or  fully  trace  thy  boundless  mind. 

3  Yet,  Lord,  thy  kindness  deigns  to  show 
Enough  for  mortal  minds  to  know ; 
While  wisdom,  goodness,  power  divine. 
Through  all  thy  works  and  conduct  shine. 

4  Oh,  may  our  souls  with  rapture  trace 
Thy  works  of  nature  and  of  grace  I 
Explore  thy  sacred  name,  and  still 
Press  on  to  know  and  do  thy  will. 


36  CREATION   AND   PROVIDENCE. 

t:0.  L.  M.  Doddridge. 

The  Bounties  of  Providence. 

1  Father  of  lights,  we  sing  thy  name, 
Who  kindlest  up  the  lamp  of  day ; 
Wide  as  he  spreads  his  golden  flame, 
His  beams  thy  power  and  love  display. 

2  Fountain  of  good,  from  thee  proceed 
The  copious  drops  of  genial  rain. 

Which  through  the  hills,  and  through  the  meads, 
Revive  the  grass,  and  swell  the  grain. 

3  Through  the  wide  world  thy  bounties  spread ; 
Yet  millions  of  our  guilty  race. 

Though  by  thy  daily  bounty  fed. 
Affront  thy  law,  and  spurn  thy  grace. 

4  Not  so  may  our  forgetful  hearts 
O'erlook  the  tokens  of  thy  care ; 
But  what  thy  liberal  hand  imparts, 
Still  own  in  praise,  still  ask  in  prayer. 

5  So  shall  our  suns  more  grateful  shine, 
And  showers  in  sweeter  drops  shall  fall. 
When  all  our  hearts  and  lives  are  thine. 
And  thou,  our  God,  enjoyed  in  all. 


44.  H.M. 

God  our  Preserver.     Ps.  121. 

1  Upward  I  lift  my  eyes  ; 
From  God  is  all  my  aid, — 
The  God  that  built  the  skies. 
And  earth  and  nature  made : 


Watts. 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  37 

God  is  the  tower 
To  which  I  fly  ; 
His  grace  is  nigh 
In  every  hour. 

My  feet  shall  never  slide, 

And  fall  in  fatal  snares, 

Since  God,  my  Guard  and  Guide, 

Defends  me  from  my  fears : 

Those  wakeful  eyes, 

That  never  sleep, 

Shall  Israel  keep, 

When  dangers  rise. 

No  burning  heats  by  day. 
Nor  blasts  of  evening  air, 
Shall  take  my  health  away, 
If  God  be  with  me  there  : 

Thou  art  my  sun, 

And  thou  my  shade, 

To  guard  my  head 

By  night  or  noon. 

Hast  thou  not  given  thy  word 
To  save  my  soul  from  death  ? 
And  I  can  trust  my  Lord 
To  keep  my  mortal  breath  : 

I'll  go  and  come. 

Nor  fear  to  die. 

Till  from  on  high 

Thou  call  me  home. 


38  CREATION   AND   PROVIDENCE. 

45.  L.  M.  Watts. 

Divine  Protection.    Ps.  121. 

1  Up  to  the  hills  I  lift  my  eyes,  — 
The  eternal  hills  beyond  the  skies; 
Thence  all  her  help  my  soul  derives ; 
There  my  almighty  Refuge  lives. 

2  He  lives,  the  everlasting  God, 

That  built  the  world,  that  spread  the  flood ; 
The  heavens  with  all  their  hosts  he  made, 
And  the  dark  regions  of  the  dead. 

3  He  guides  our  feet,  he  guards  our  way ; 
His  morning  smiles  bless  all  the  day ; 
He  spreads  the  evening  veil,  and  keeps 
The  silent  hours  while  Israel  sleeps. 

4  Israel  —  a  name  divinely  blest  — 
May  rise  secure,  securely  rest ; 
Thy  holy  Guardian's  wakeful  eyes 
Admit  no  slumber  nor  surprise. 

4cO.  *  S.  M.  Christian  Psalmist. 

God  ivorhing  in  the  Soul. 

1  'Tis  God  the  spirit  leads 
In  paths  before  unknown  : 

The  work  to  be  performed  is  ours ; 
The  strength  is  all  his  own. 

2  Assisted  by  his  grace, 
We  still  pursue  our  way ; 

And  hope  at  last  to  reach  the  prize- 
Secure  in  endless  day. 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  39 

I     'Tis  he  that  works  to  will, 

'Tis  he  that  works  to  do ; 
His  is  the  power  by  which  we  act, 

His  be  the  glory  too. 


47.  C.  M.  Sternhoi.d. 

The  divine  Shepherd.     Ps.  23. 

1  My  Shepherd  is  the  living  Lord ; 

I  therefore  nothijig  need : 
In  pastures  fair,  with  waters  calm,. 
He  sets  me  forth  to  feed. 

2  He  did  convert  and  glad  my  soul, 

And  brought  my  mind  in  frame 
To  walk  in  paths  of  righteousness 
For  his  most  holy  name. 

3  Yea,  though  I  walk  in  vale  of  death, 

Yet  will  I  fear  no  ill ; 
Thy  rod,  thy  stafl',  doth  comfort  me, 
And  thou  art  with  me  still. 

4  And  in  the  presence  of  my  foes 

My  table  thou  shalt  spread  ; 
Thou  shalt,  O  Lord !    fill  full  my  cup. 
And  thou  anoint  my  head. 

5  Through  all  my  life,  thy  favor  is 

So  frankly  showed  to  me, 
That  in  thy  house  for  evermoup 
My  dwelling-place  shall  be. 


40  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

48.  S.  M.  Watts. 

God  our  Shepherd.     Ps.  23. 

1  The  Lord  my  Shepherd  is ; 
I  shall  be  well  supplied ; 

Since  he  is  mine,  and  I  am  his, 
What  can  I  want  beside  ? 

2  He  leads  me  to  the  place 
Where  heavenly  pasture  grows. 

Where  living  waters  gently  pass. 
And  full  salvation  flows. 

3  If  e'er  I  go  astray, 

He  doth  my  soul  reclaim, 
And  guides  me  in  his  own  right  way, 
For  his  most  holy  name. 

4  While  he  affords  his  aid, 
I  cannot  yield  to  fear ; 

Though  I  should  waJk  tin'o'  death's  dark  shade, 
My  Shepherd's  with  me  there. 

5  In  spite  of  all  my  foes. 
Thou  dost  my  table  spread  ; 

My  cup  with  blessings  oversows. 
And  joy  exalts  my  head. 

6  The  bounties  of  thy  love 
Shall  crown  my  following  days; 

Nor  from  thy  house  will  I  remove, 
Nor  cease  to  speak  thy  praise. 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE-  41 

49.  L.  M.      6  lines.  Addison. 
God  our  Shepherd.     Ps.  23. 

1  The  Lord  my  pasture  shall  prepare, 
And  feed  me  with  a  Shepherd's  care ; 
His  presence  shall  my  wants  supply, 
And  guard  me  with  a  watchful  eye ; 
My  noonday  walks  he  shall  attend, 
And  all  my  midnight  hours  defend. 

2  When  in  the  sultry  glebe  1  faint. 
Or  on  the  thirsty  mountain  pant. 
To  fertile  vales  and  dewy  meads 
My  w^eary,  wandering  steps  he  leads; 
Where  peaceful  rivers,  soft  and  slow, 
Amid  the  verdant  landscape  flow. 

3  Though  in  a  bare  and  rugged  way, 
Through  devious,  lonely  wilds  I  stray, 
Thy  bounty  shall  my  pains  beguile ; 
The  barren  wilderness  shall  smile. 

With  sudden  greens  and  herbage  crowned. 
And  streams  shall  murmur  all  around. 

4  Though  in  the  paths  of  death  I  tread. 
With  gloomy  horrors  overspread, 

My  steadfast  heart  shall  fear  no  ill ; 
For  thou,  O  Lord !   art  with  me  still ; 
Thy  friendly  crook  shall  give  me  aid, 
And  guide  me  through  the  dreadful  shade. 

50.  CM.  J.Q.Adams. 
Ps.  23. 

1   My  Shepherd  is  the  Lord  on  high ; 
His  hand  supplies  me  still ; 
In  pastures  green  he  makes  me  lie, 
Beside  the  rippling  rill : 


42  CREATION   AND   PROVIDENCE. 

He  cheers  my  soul,  relieves  my  woes, 

His  glory  to  display ; 
The  paths  of  righteousness  he  shows, 

And  leads  me  in  his  way. 

2  Though  walking  through  death's  dismal  shade, 

No  evil  will  I  fear ; 
Thy  rod,  thy  staff,  shall  lend  me  aid. 

For  thou  art  ever  near : 
For  me  a  table  thou  dost  spread 

In  presence  of  my  foes ; 
With  oil  thou  dost  anoint  my  head ; 

By  thee  my  cup  o'erflows. 

3  Thy  goodness  and  thy  mercy  sure 

Shall  bless  me  all  my  days ; 
And  I,  with  lips  sincere  and  pure, 

Will  celebrate  thy  praise : 
Yes,  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord 

For  ever  I  will  dwell ; 
To  after  time  thy  name  record, 

And  of  thy  glory  tell. 


51.  lis. 


Montgomery. 


1  The  Lord  is  my  Shepherd,  no  want  shall  I  know; 
I  feed  in  green  pastures,  safe  folded  I  rest ; 

He  leadeth  my  soul  where  the  still  waters  flow. 
Restores  me  when  wandering,  redeems  when 
oppressed.  • 

2  Through  the  valley  and  shadow  of  death  though 

I  stray, 
Since  thou  art  my  Guardian,  no  evil  I  fear ; 
Thy  rod  shall  defend  me,  thy  staff  be  my  stay, 
No  harm  can  befall  with  my  Comforter  near. 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  -13 

3  In  the  midst  of  affliction  my  table  is  spread ; 
With    blessings    unmeasured    my    cup    runneth 


With  perfume  and  oil  thou  anointest  my  head ; 
Oh,  what  shall  I  ask  of  thy  providence  more  I 


Let  goodness  and  mercy,  my  bountiful  God  I 
Still  follow  my  steps  till  I  meet  thee  above  ; 
I  seek  —  by  the  path  which  my  forefathers  trod, 
Through  the  land  of  their  sojourn  —  thy  kingdom 
of  love. 


52.  s.  M. 

God's  Care  a  Remedy  for  ours. 


Doddridge. 


1  How  gentle  God's  commands ! 
How  kind  his  precepts  are ! 

"  Come,  cast  your  burdens  on  the  Lord, 
And  trust  his  constant  care." 

2  While  Providence  supports, 
Let  saints  securely  dwell; 

That  hand,  which  bears  all  nature  up, 
Shall  guide  his  children  well. 

3  Why  should  this  anxious  load 
Press  down  your  weary  mind  ? 

Haste  to  your  heavenly  Father's  throne, 
And  sweet  refreshment  find. 

4  His  goodness  stands  approved 
Down  to  the  present  day ; 

I'll  drop  ray  burden  at  his  feet. 
And  bear  a  song  away. 


44  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

53.  CM.  COWPER 

Light  shining  out  of  Darkness. 

1  God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way, 

His  wonders  to  perform  ; 
He  plants  his  footsteps  in  the  sea, 
And  rides  upon  the  storm. 

2  Deep  in  unfathomable  mines 

Of  never-failing  skill. 
He  treasures  up  his  bright  designs. 
And  works  his  sovereign  will. 

3  Ye  fearful  saints,  fresh  courage  take  ; 

The  clouds  ye  so  much  dread 
Are  big  with  mercy,  and  shall  break 
In  blessings  on  your  head. 

4  Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  sense, 

But  trust  him  for  his  grace  ; 
Behind  a  frowning  providence 
He  hides  a  smiling  face. 

5  His  purposes  will  ripen  fast. 

Unfolding  every  hour ; 
The  bud  may  have  a  bitter  taste. 
But  sweet  will  be  the  flower. 

6  Blind  unbelief  is  sure  to  err, 

And  scan  his  work  in  vain ; 
God  is  his  own  interpreter, 
And  he  will  make  it  plain. 


CREATION    AND   PROVIDENCE.  45 

54.  8S   &   7S    M.  BO.VRING. 

God  is  Truth  and  Love. 

1  God  is  love ;  his  mercy  brightens 

All  the  path  in  which  we  move ; 
Bliss  he  wakes,  and  woe  he  lightens: 
God  is  wisdom,  God  is  love. 

2  Chance  and  change  are  busy  ever; 

Man  decays,  and  ages  move ; 
But  his  mercy  waneth  never: 
God  is  wisdom,  God  is  love. 

3  E'en  the  hour  that  darkest  seemeth 

Will  his  changeless  goodness  prove  ; 
From  the  gloom  his  brightness  streameth : 
God  is  wisdom,  God  is  love. 

4  He  with  earthly  cares  entwineth 

Hope  and  comfort  from  above ; 
Everywhere  his  glory  shineth  : 
God  is  wisdom,  God  is  love. 


7s  M.  COWPER. 

Welcome,  Cross. 

'Tis  my  happiness  below 

Not  to  live  without  the  cross. 
But  the  Saviour's  power  to  know, 

Sanctifying  every  loss  : 
Trials  must  and  will  befall ; 

But  with  humble  faith  to  see 
Love  inscribed  upon  them  all, — 

This  is  happiness  to  me. 


46  CREATION  AND  PROVIDENCE. 

2  God  in  Israel  sows  the  seeds 

Of  affliction,  pain,  and  toil; 
These  spring  up  and  choke  the  weeds 

Which  would  else  o'erspread  the  soil : 
Trials  make  the  promise  sweet ; 

Trials  give  new  life  to  prayer ; 
Trials  bring  me  to  his  feet. 

Lay  me  low,  and  keep  me  there. 

OU.  S.  M.  Doddridge. 

The  Discipline  of  Providence  merciful. 

1  How  gracious  and  how  wise 
Is  our  chastising  God  I 

And,  oh,  how  rich  the  blessings  are, 
Which  blossom  from  his  rod! 

2  He  lifts  it  up  on  high 
With  pity  in  his  heart, 

That  every  stroke  his  children  feel 
May  grace  and  peace  impart. 

3  Instructed  thus  they  bow, 
And  own  his  sovereign  sway ; 

They  turn  their  erring  footsteps  back 
To  his  forsaken  way. 

4  His  covenant  love  they  seek. 
And  seek  the  happy  bands, 

That  closer  still  engage  their  hearts 
To  honor  his  commands. 

5  Dear  Father,  we  consent 
To  discipline  divine. 

And  bless  the  pains  that  make  our  souls 
Still  more  completely  thine. 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  47 


57.  c.  M. 

God^s  merciful  and  constant  Protection. 

1  When  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God ! 

My  rising  soul  surveys, 
Transported  with  the  view,  I'm  lost 
In  wonder,  love,  and  praise. 

2  Unnumbered  comforts  on  my  soul 

Thy  tender  care  bestowed. 
Before  my  infant  heart  conceived 
From  whom  those  comforts  flowed. 

3  When,  in  the  slippery  paths  of  youth. 

With  heedless  steps  I  ran. 
Thine  arm,  unseen,  conveyed  me  safe. 
And  led  me  up  to  man. 

4  When  worn  with  sickness,  oft  hast  thou 

With  health  renewed  my  face ; 
And  when  in  sin  and  sorrow  sunk. 
Revived  my  soul  with  grace. 

5  Ten  thousand  thousand  precious  gifts 

My  daily  thanks  employ; 
Nor  is  the  least  a  cheerful  heart. 
That  tastes  those  gifts  with  joy. 

6  Through  every  period  of  my  life. 

Thy  goodness  I'll  pursue ; 
And  after  death,  in  distant  worlds, 
The  glorious  theme  renew. 


Addison. 


48  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

OO.  L-  M.  DODDRIDOrE. 

Deliverance  celebrated  and  good  Resolutions  formed . 

1  Great  Source  of  life,  our  souls  confess 
The  various  riches  of  thy  grace ; 
Crowned  with  thy  mercy,  we  rejoice, 
And  in  thy  praise  exalt  our  voice. 

2  By  thee  heaven's  shining  arch  was  spread  ; 
By  thee  were  earth's  foundations  laicf; 
And  all  the  charms  of  men's  abode 
Proclaim  the  wise,  the  gracious  God. 

3  Thy  tender  hand  restores  our  breath, 
When  trembling  on  the  verge  of  death  ; 
Gently  it  wipes  away  our  tears. 

And  lengthens  life  to  future  years. 

4  These  lives  are  sacred  to  the  Lord  ; 
Kindled  by  him,  by  him  restored  ; 
And,  while  our  hours  renew  their  race. 
Still  would  we  walk  before  his  face. 

5  So,  when  by  him  our  souls  are  led 
Through  unknown  regions  of  the  dead, 
With  joy  triumphant  shall  they  move 
To  seats  of  nobler  life  above. 


59.  CM.  DOI.UKII.GK 

The  Days  of  the  Upright  knouni  to  (iml. 

1   To  thee,  my  God,  my  days  are  known  ; 
My  soul  enjoys  tin;  thought; 
My  actions  all  before  thy  face, 
Nor  are  my  faults  forgot. 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  49 

2  Each  secret  breath  devotion  vents 

Is  vocal  to  thine  ear  ; 
And  all  my  walks  of  daily  life 
Before  thine  eye  apjaear. 

3  The  vacant  hour,  the  active  scene, 

Thy  mercy  shall  approve; 
And  every  pang  of  sympathy, 
And  every  care  of  love. 

4  Each  golden  hour  of  beaming  light 

Is  gilded  by  thy  rays ; 
And  dark  affliction's  midnight  gloom 
A  present  God  surveys. 

5  Full  in  thy  view  through  life  I  pass. 

And  in  thy  view  I  die; 
And,  when  each  mortal  bond  is  broke, 
Shall  find  my  God  is  nigh. 

60.  CM.  Watts. 

Providences  of  God  recorded.     Ps.  78. 

1  Let  children  hear  the  mighty  deeds 
Which  God  performed  of  old, 

Which  in  our  younger  years  we  saw, 
And  which  our  fathers  told. 

2  He  bids  us  make  his  glories  known, 
His  works  of  power  and  grace ; 

And  we'll  convey  his  wonders  down 
Through  every  rising  race. 

3  Our  lips  shall  tell  them  to  our  sons, 
And  they  again  to  theirs. 

That  generations  yet  unborn 
May  teach  them  to  their  heirs. 
4 


50  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

4  Thus  they  shall  learn  in  God  alone 
Their  hope  securely  stands, 
That  they  may  ne'er  forget  his  works, 
But  practise  his  commands. 


61.  CM.  Tate  &  Brady. 

God  the  Defence  of  the  Just.     Ps.  34. 

1  Through  all  the  changing  scenes  of  life. 

In  trouble  and  in  joy, 
The  praises  of  my  God  shall  still 
My  heart  and  tongue  employ. 

2  O,  magnify  the  Lord  with  me. 

With  me  exalt  his  name  ; 
When,  in  distress,  to  him  I  called. 
He  to  my  rescue  came. 

3  The  hosts  of  God  encamp  around 

The  dwellings  of  the  just ; 
Deliverance  he  affords  to  all 
Who  on  his  succor  trust. 

4  O,  make  but  trial  of  his  love, 

Experience  will  decide 
How  blest  they  are,  and  only  they. 
Who  in  his  truth  confide. 

5  Fear  him,  ye  saints,  and  you  will  then 

Have  nothing  else  to  fear  ; 
Make  you  his  service  your  delight ; 
He'll  make  your  wants  his  care. 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  51 


i.  L.  M.  Watts. 

God's  care  of  the  Saints.     Ps.  34. 

1  Lord,  I  will  bless  thee  all  my  days  ; 
Thy  praise  shall  dwell  upon  my  tongue, 
My  soul  shall  glory  in  thy  grace, 
While  saints  rejoice  to  hear  the  song. 

2  Come,  magnify  the  Lord  with  me ; 
Come,  let  us  all  exalt  his  name ; 

I  sought  the  eternal  God,  and  he 
Has  not  exposed  my  hope  to  shame. 

3  I  told  him  all  my  secret  grief; 

My  secret  groaning  reached  his  ears; 
He  gave  my  inward  pains  relief, 
And  calmed  the  tumult  of  my  fears. 

4  To  him  the  poor  lift  up  their  eyes; 
Their  faces  feel  the  heavenly  shine ; 
A  beam  of  mercy  from  the  skies 
Fills  them  with  light  and  joy  divine. 

5  His  holy  angels  pitch  their  tents 
Around  the  men  that  serve  the  Lord : 
O,  fear  and  love  him,  all  his  saints ; 
Taste  of  his  grace,  and  trust  his  word. 


C.  M.  Watts. 

The  Saints'  Trial  and  Safety.     Ps.  125. 

Unshaken  as  the  sacred  hill. 

And  firm  as  mountains  be. 
Firm  as  a  rock  the  soul  shall  rest, 

That  leans,  O  Lord !    on  thee. 


62  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

2  Not  walls  nor  hills  could  guard  so  well 

Old  Salem's  happy  ground, 
As  those  eternal  arms  of  love 
That  every  saint  surround. 

3  Deal  gently,  Lord,  with  souls  sincere 

And  lead  them  safely  on 
To  the  bright  gates  of  Paradise, 
Where  Christ  their  Lord  is  gone. 

64.  10s  M.  Jones  Vkrv. 

God's  FaiherJi]  Care. 

1  Father  !   there  is  no  change  to  live  with  thee. 
Save  that  in  Christ  I  grow  from  day  to  day ; 
In  each  new  word  I  hear,  each  thing  I  see, 

I  but  rejoicing  hasten  on  my  way. 

2  The  morning  comes,  with  blushes  overspread, 
And  I,  new-wakened,  find  a  morn  within ; 
And  in  its  modest  dawn  around  me  shed. 
Thou  hear'st  the  prayer  and  the  ascending  hymn. 

3  Hour     follows     hour,    the    lengthening    shades 

descend  ; 
Yet  they  could  never  reach  as  far  as  me, 
Did  not  thy  love  its  kind  protection  lend. 
That  I,  thy  child,  might  sleep  in  peace  with  thee. 

UD.  L.  M.  Doddridge. 

God  the  Dwelling-Place  of  his  People  through  all  Generations. 

1   Thou,  Lord,  through  every  changing  scene, 
Hast  to  thy  saints  a  refuge  been  ; 
Through  every  age,  eternal  God,  I 

Their  pleasing  home,  their  safe  abode.  | 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  53 

2  In  thee  our  fathers  sought  their  rest ; 
In  thee  our  fathers  still  are  blest ; 

And  while  the  tomb  confines  their  dust, 
In  thee  their  souls  abide  and  trust. 

3  Lo,  we  are  risen,  —  a  feeble  race, — 
Awhile  to  fill  our  fathers'  place ; 
Our  helpless  state  with  pity  view, 
And  let  us  share  their  refuge  too. 

4  Through  all  the  thorny  paths  we  trace, 
In  this  uncertain  wilderness, 

When  friends  desert  and  foes  invade, 
Revive  our  heart,  and  guard  our  head. 

5  So,  when  this  pilgrimage  is  o'er. 
And  we  must  dwell  in  flesh  no  more, 
To  thee  our  separate  souls  shall  come, 
And  find  in  thee  a  surer  home. 

6  To  thee  our  infant  race  we  leave; 
Them  may  their  fathers'  God  receive, 
That  voices  yet  unformed  may  raise 
Succeeding  hymns  of  humble  praise. 


L.  M.  Sir  W.  Scott. 

Imploring  the  constant  Presence  of  God. 

1  When  Israel,  of  the  Lord  beloved. 
Out  of  the  land  of  bondage  came. 
Her  fathers'  God  before  her  moved, 
An  awful  guide,  in  smoke  and  flame. 

2  By  day,  along  the  astonished  lands 
The  cloudy  pillar  glided  slow ; 

By  night,  Arabia's  crimsoned  sands 
Returned  the  fiery  column's  glow. 


54  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

3  Thus  present  still,  though  now  unseen, 
When  brightly  shines  the  prosperous  day. 
Be  thoughts  of  thee  a  cloudy  screen, 

To  temper  the  deceitful  ray ! 

4  And,  O,  when  stoops  upon  our  path. 
In  shade  and  storm,  the  frequent  night, 
Be  thou,  long-suffering,  slow  to  wrath, 
A  burning  and  a  shining  light. 

\)  I   .  L.    M.  DODDKIDGE. 

Faith  encouraged. 

1  Sing  to  the  Lord,  who  loud  proclaims 
His  various  and  his  saving  names; 

O,  may  they  not  be  heard  alone, 
But  by  our  sure  experience  known. 

2  Let  great  Jehovah  be  adored, 
The  eternal,  all-sufiicient  Lord, 

He  through  the  world  most  high  confessed, 
By  whom  'twas  formed,  and  is  possessed. 

3  Awake,  our  noblest  powers,  to  bless 
The  God  of  Abram,  God  of  peace; 
Now  by  a  dearer  title  known, — 
Father  and  God  of  Christ  his  Son. 

4  Through  every  age  his  gracious  ear 
Is  open  to  his  servants'  prayer ; 
Nor  can  one  humble  soul  complain 
That  it  hath  sought  its  God  in  vain. 

5  What  unbelieving  heart  shall  dare 
In  whispers  to  suggest  a  fear, 

While  still  he  owns  his  ancient  name? 
The  same  his  power,  his  love  the  same. 


CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE.  55 

6  To  thee  our  souls  in  faith  arise, 
To  thee  we  lift  expecting  eyes, 
And  boldly  through  the  desert  tread, 
For  God  will  guard  where  God  shall  lead. 

68.  8s  &  7s  M.  Gkinfield. 

1  O  HOW  kindly  hast  thou  led  me, 

Heavenly  Father,  day  by  day  I 
Found  my  dwelling,  clothed  and  fed  me, 

Furnished  friends  to  cheer  my  way ! 
Didst  thou  bless  me,  didst  thou  chasten, 

With  thy  smile,  or  with  thy  rod, 
'Twas  that  still  my  step  might  hasten 

Homeward,  heavenward  to  my  God ! 

2  O  how  slowly  have  I  often 

Followed  where  thy  hand  would  draw ! 
How  thy  kindness  failed  to  soften  ! 

How  thy  chastening  failed  to  awe ! 
Make  me  for  thy  rest  more  ready, 

As  thy  path  is  longer  trod ; 
Keep  me  in  thy  friendship  steady. 

Till  thou  call  me  home,  my  God ! 

69.  C.M.  TOPLADT. 

1  When  languor  and  disease  invade 

This  trembling  house  of  clay, 
'Tis  sweet  to  look  beyond  the  cage, 
And  long  to  fly  away ; 

2  Sweet  on  his  faithfulness  to  rest, 

Whose  love  can  never  end ; 
Sweet  on  his  covenant  of  grace 
For  all  things  to  depend ; 


56  CREATION    AND    PROVIDENCE. 

3  Sweet  in  the  confidence  of  faith 

To  trust  his  firm  decrees ; 
Sweet  to  lie  passive  in  his  hand, 
And  Ivnow  no  will  but  his ; 

4  Sweet  to  rejoice  in  lively  hope, 

That  when  my  change  shall  come, 
Angels  will  hover  round  my  bed, 
And  waft  my  spirit  home. 

5  There  shall  my  disimprisoned  soul 

Behold  him  and  adore  ; 
Be  with  his  likeness  satisfied, 
And  grieve  and  sin  no  more. 


(tijmt  antr  arijristiauitg. 


I.     CHRIST. 


i  \J .  C.  M.  Scotch  Paraphrases. 

The  Universal  Triumphs  of  the  Messiah's  Kingdom.     Is.  ii.  2-6. 

1  Behold,  the  mountain  of  the  Lord 

In  latter  days  shall  rise 
On  mountain  tops  above  the  hills, 
And  draw  the  wondering  eyes. 

2  To  this  the  joyful  nations  round, 

All  tribes  and  tongues,  shall  flow ; 
Up  to  the  hill  of  God,  they'll  say, 
And  to  his  house,  we'll  go. 

3  The  beam  that  shines  from  Zion  hill 

Shall  lighten  every  land  ; 
The  King  who  reigns  in  Salem's  towers 
Shall  all  the  world  command. 

4  Among  the  nations  he  shall  judge; 

His  judgments  truth  shall  guide  ; 
His  sceptre  shall  protect  the  just, 
And  quell  the  sinner's  pride. 

5  No  strife  shall  rage,  nor  hostile  feuds 

Disturb  those  peaceful  years  ; 
To  ploughshares  men  shall  beat  their  swords, 
To  pruning-hooks  their  spears. 


58  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

6  No  longer  hosts  encountering  hosts 
Shall  crowds  of  slain  deplore ; 
They  hang  the  trumpet  in  the  hall, 
And  study  war  no  more. 

I  JL.  CM.  Doddridge. 

Christ's  Message. 

1  Hark!  the  glad  sound!  the  Saviour  comes! 

The  Saviour  promised  long! 
Let  every  heart  prepare  a  throne. 
And  every  voice  a  song. 

2  On  him  the  Spirit,  largely  poured, 

Exerts  its  sacred  fire  ; 
Wisdom  and  might,  and  zeal  and  love, 
His  holy  breast  inspire. 

3  He  comes,  the  prisoners  to  release. 

In  Satan's  bondage  held ; 
The  gates  of  brass  before  him  burst. 
The  iron  fetters  yield. 

4  He  comes,  from  thickest  films  of  vice 

To  clear  the  mental  ray, 
And  on  the  eyeballs  of  the  blind 
To  pour  celestial  day. 

5  He  comes,  the  broken  heart  to  bind. 

The  bleeding  soul  to  cure, 
And  with  the  treasures  of  his  grace 
To  enrich  the  humble  poor. 

6  Our  glad  hosannas.  Prince  of  Peace, 

Thy  welcome  shall  proclaim. 
And  heaven's  eternal  arches  ring 
With  thy  beloved  name. 


CHRIST   AND    CHRISTIANITY.  59 

72.  C.  M.  Watts. 

The  Messiah's  Coming  and  Kingdom.     Ps.  98. 

1  Joy  to  the  world  !  the  Lord  is  come  ; 

Let  earth  receive  her  King; 
Let  every  heart  prepare  him  room, 
And  heaven  and  nature  sing. 

2  Joy  to  the  earth !  the  Saviour  reigns ; 

Let  men  their  songs  employ, 
While  fields,  and  floods,  rocks,  hills,  and  plains, 
Repeat  the  sounding  joy. 

3  No  more  let  sins  and  sorrows  grow. 

Nor  thorns  infest  the  ground ; 
He  comes  to  make  his  blessings  flow 
Far  as  the  curse  is  found. 

4  He  rules  the  world  with  truth  and  grace. 

And  makes  the  nations  prove 
The  glories  of  his  righteousness. 
And  wonders  of  his  love. 

iO.  lis    M.  DRaMMOND. 

Prepare  ye  the  Way  of  the  Lord. 

1  A  VOICE  from  the  desert  comes  awful  and  shrill  I 
The  Lord  is  advancing!  prepare  ye  the  way! 
The  word  of  Jehovah  he  comes  to  fulfil. 

And  o'er  the  dark  world  pour  the  splendor  of 
day. 

2  Bring  down  the  proud  mountain,  though  towering 

to  heaven, 
And  be  the  low  valley  exalted  on  high ; 
The  rough  path  and  crooked  be  made   smooth 

and  even. 
For  Zion,  your  King,  your  Redeemer,  is  nigh ! 


60  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

3  The  beams  of  salvation  his  progress  illume; 
The  lone,  dreary  wilderness  sings  of  her  Lord; 
The  rose  and  the  myrtle  there  suddenly  bloom, 
And    the    olive    of    peace    spreads    its    branches 
abroad. 


74.  7s  M. 


Bow  KIN  (J 


For  Advent  or  Christmas, 


First  Voice. 

Watchman!   tell  us  of  the  night, 
What  its  signs  of  promise  are. 

Second  Voice. 

Traveller!    o'er  yon  mountain's  height 
See  that  glory-beaming  star  ! 

First  Voice. 

Watchman  !    does  its  beauteous  ray 
Aught  of  hope  or  joy  foretell? 

Second  Voice. 

Traveller!    yes;    it  brings  the  day, 
Promised  day  of  Israel ! 

First  Voice.  \ 

Watchman !  /  ,7       •,  .    •  e 

Second  Voice.       >  YeS,  it  brUlgS,  &C. 

Traveller!      ) 

First  Voice. 

Watchman !   tell  us  of  the  night ; 
Higher  yet  that  star  ascends. 

Second  Voice. 

Traveller  !    blessedness  and  light. 
Peace  and  truth,  its  course  portends. 

First  Voice. 

Watchman  !    will  its  beams  alone 
Gild  the  spot  that  gave  them  birth  ? 

Second  Voice. 

Traveller !    ages  are  its  own  : 
See !   it  bursts  o'er  all  the  earth. 

First  Voice.  N 

Watchman!  /   .  .,  « 

Second  Voice.     >  Agcs  arc  its  own,  &c. 

Traveller !      \ 


CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY.  61 

First  Voice. 

Watchman  !    tell  us  of  the  night, 
For  the  morning  seems  to  dawn. 

Second  Voice. 

Traveller!    darkness  takes  its  flight; 
Doubt  and  terror  are  withdrawn. 

First  Voice. 

Watchman  !    let  thy  wanderings  cease  ; 
Hie  thee  to  thy  quiet  home. 

Second  Voice. 

Traveller!    lo,  the  Prince  of  Peace, 
Lo,  the  Son  of  God,  is  come  I 

First  Voice.         \ 

Watchman !  /  t       j_\      rt  •  r  rt  t 

Second  Voice.      >  Lo,  thc  Pruicc  ot  Fsace,  &c. 

TraveUer !      \ 


75. 


p    TVl  (  Milton.     Altered  by 

-••  •  ^^^'  \  Rev.  Dr.  Gaudinku. 


Angels  proclaiming  the  Birth  of  Christ. 

1  No  war  nor  battle's  sound 
Was  heard  the  world  around ; 

No  hostile  chiefs  to  furious  combat  ran  ; 

But  peaceful  was  the  night, 

In  which  the  Prince  of  Light 
His  reign  of  peace  upon  the  earth  began. 

2  The  shepherds  on  the  lawn, 
Before  the  point  of  dawn, 

In  social  circle  sat ;  while  all  around, 

The  gentle,  fleecy  brood, 

Or  cropped  the  flowery  food. 
Or  slept  or  sported  on  the  verdant  ground, — 

3  When,  lo  !    with  ravished  ears. 
Each  swain  delighted  hears 

Sweet  music,  offspring  of  no  mortal  hand ; 

Divinely-warbled  voice, 

Answering  the  stringed  noise. 
With  blissful  rapture  charmed  the  listening  band. 


62  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

4  They  saw  a  glorious  light 
Burst  on  their  wondering  sight; 

Harping  in  solemn  choir,  in  robes  arrayed, 

The  helmed  cherubim 

And  sworded  seraphim 
Are  seen  in  glittering  ranks,  with  wings  displayed. 

5  Sounds  of  so  sweet  a  tone 
Before  were  never  known 

But  when  of  old  the  sons  of  morning  sung, 

While  God  disposed  in  air 

Each  constellation  fair, 
And  the  well-balanced  world  on  hinges  hung. 

6  "  Hail,  hail,  auspicious  morn  ! 
The  Saviour  Christ  is  born !  " 

Such  was  the  immortal  seraph's  song  sublime ; 

"  Glory  to  God  in  heaven ! 

To  man  sweet  peace  be  given. 
Sweet  peace  and  friendship  to  the  end  of  time." 

70.  C.  M.  Patrick. 

Nativitji  of  Christ. 

1  While  shepherds  watched  their  flocks  by  night, 

All  seated  on  the  ground. 
The  angel  of  the  Lord  came  down. 
And  glory  shone  around. 

2  "  Fear  not,"  said  he,  —  for  mighty  dread 

Had  seized  their  troubled  mind, — 
"  Glad  tidings  of  great  joy  I  bring 
To  you  and  all  mankind. 

3  "  To  you,  in  David's  town,  this  day 

Is  born,  of  David's  line. 
The  Saviour,  who  is  Christ  the  Lord ; 
And  this  siiall  be  the  siijn  :  — 


CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY.  63 

4  "  The  heavenly  Babe  you  there  shall  find 

To  human  view  displayed, 
All  meanly  wrapped  in  swathing  bands. 
And  in  a  manger  laid." 

5  Thus  spake  the  seraph,  and  forthwith 

Appeared  a  shining  throng 
Of  angels  praising  Gcd,  and  thus 
Addressed  their  joyful  song:  — 

6  "  All  glory  be  to  God  on  high, 

And  to  the  earth  be  peace ! 
Good-will  henceforth,  from  heaven  to  men, 
Begin  and  never  cease ! " 

77.  C.  M.  E.  H.  Seaks. 

Christmas  Hymn. 

1  Calm  on  the  listening  ear  of  night 

Come  heaven's  melodious  strains, 
Where  wild  Judea  stretches  far 
Her  silver-mantled  plains  I 

2  Celestial  choirs,  from  courts  above, 

Shed  sacred  glories  there  ; 
And  angels,  with  their  sparkling  lyres, 
Make  music  on  the  air. 

3  The  answering  hills  of  Palestine 

Send  back  the  glad  reply, 
And  greet,  from  all  their  holy  heights. 
The  day-spring  from  on  high. 

4  O'er  the  blue  depths  of  Galilee 

There  comes  a  holier  calm, 
And  Sharon  w^aves,  in  solemn  praise, 
Her  silent  groves  of  palm. 


6-i  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

5  "  Glory  to  God ! "  the  sounding  skies 

Loud  with  their  anthems  sing; 
"  Peace  to  the  earth,  good-will  to  men, 
From  heaven's  eternal  King." 

6  Light  on  thy  hills,  Jerusalem ! 

The  Saviour  now  is  born  I 
And  bright  on  Bethlehem's  joyous  plains 
Breaks  the  first  Christmas  morn. 


78.  p.  M. 


Episcopal  Col. 


Chorvs.     Shout  the  glad  tidings,  exultingly  sing; 
Jerusalem  triumphs,  Messiah  is  King. 

1  Zion!  the  marvellous  story  be  telling, 

The  Son  of  the  Highest,  how  lowly  his  birth ! 
The  brightest  archangel  in  glory  excelling. 

He    stoops    to    redeem    thee,   he    reigns   upon 
earth. 
Chorus.     Shout  the  glad  tidings,  &c. 

2  Tell  how  he  cometh ;  from  nation  to  nation. 

The   heart-cheering  news   let  the   earth    echo 
round ; 
How  free  to  the  faithful  he  offers  salvation, 

How    his    people    with    joy    everlasting    are 
crowned. 
Chorus.     Shout  the  glad  tidings,  &c. 

3  Mortals,  your  homage  be  gratefully  bringing, 

And  sweet  let  the  gladsome  hosanna  arise; 
Ye  angels,  the  full  hallelujah  be  singing. 

One  chorus  resound  through  the  earth  and  the 
Chorus.     Shout  the  glad  tidings,  &c.  [skies. 


CHRIST   AND  CHRISTIANITY.  65 

(  u.  C.  M.         Spirit  of  the  Psalms. 

The  Guiding  Star. 

1  Bright  was  the  guiding  star  that  led, 

With  mild,  benignant  ray, 

The  Gentiles  to  the  lowly  shed 

Where  the  Redeemer  lay. 

2  But,  lo  !    a  brighter,  clearer  light 

Now  points  to  his  abode ; 
It  shines  through  sin  and  sorrow's  night, 
To  guide  us  to  our  Lord. 

3  O,  haste  to  follow  where  it  leads ! 

The  gracious  call  obey  ; 
Be  rugged  wilds  or  flowery  meads 
The  Christian's  destined  way. 

4  O,  gladly  tread  the  narrow  path, 

While  light  and  grace  are  given  ! 
Who  meekly  follow  Christ  on  earth. 
Shall  reign  with  him  in  heaven. 

80.  7s.  C.  Wesley. 

Advent, 

1  Hark!    the  herald-angels  sing: 
"  Glory  to  the  new-born  King ; 
Peace  on  earth,  and  mercy  mild ; 
God  and  sinners  reconciled." 

2  Joyful,  all  ye  nations !    rise, 
Join  the  triumph  of  the  skies; 
With  the  angelic  host,  proclaim  : 
"  Christ  is  born  in  Bethlehem." 

5 


66  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

3  Mild,  he  lays  his  glory  by, 

Born  that  man  no  more  may  die ; 
Born  to  raise  the  sons  of  earth ; 
Born  to  give  them  second  birth. 

4  Hail  the  heaven-born  Prince  of  Peace  I 
Hail  the  Sun  of  Righteousness ! 
Light  and  life  to  all  he  brings, 

Risen  with  healing  in  his  wings. 

5  Let  us,  then,  with  angels  sing : 
"  Glory  to  the  new-born  King ; 
Peace  on  earth  and  mercy  mild ; 
God  and  sinners  reconciled." 


OJ-.  C  M.  Christian  Psalmist. 

A  Light  to  lighten  the  Gentiles. 

1  The  race  that  long  in  darkness  pined, 

Have  seen  a  glorious  light ; 
The  people  dwell  in  day,  who  dwelt 
In  death's  surrounding  night. 

2  To  hail  thy  rise,  thou  better  Sun, 

The  gathering  nations  come. 

Joyous,  as  when  the  reapers  bear 

Tiie  harvest  treasures  home. 

3  To  us  a  Child  of  hope  is  born, 

To  us  a  Son  is  given  ; 
Him  shall  the  tribes  of  earth  obey. 
Him,  all  the  hosts  of  heaven. 

4  His  name  shall  be  the  Prince  of  Peace, 

Whose  rule  shall  stretc^h  abroad. 
The  Wonderful,  the  Counsellor, 
The  great  and  mighty  Lord. 


CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY.  67 

His  power,  increasing,  still  shall  spread ; 

His  reign  no  end  shall  know  ; 
Justice  shall  guard  his  throne  above, 

And  peace  abound  below. 


7s  M. 

1  Sons  of  men,  behold  from  far. 
Hail  the  long-expected  star ! 
Star  of  truth  that  gilds  the  night, 
Guiding  devious  nature  right. 

2  Mild  it  shines  on  all  beneath. 
Piercing  through  the  shades  of  death  ; 
Scattering  error's  wide-spread  night, 
Kindling  darkness  into  light. 

3  Nations  all,  remote  and  near, 
Haste  to  see  your  Lord  appear ; 
Haste,  for  him  your  hearts  prepare, 
Meet  him  manifested  there. 

4  There  behold  the  day-spring  rise, 
Pouring  light  on  mortal  eyes ; 
See  it  chase  the  shades  away. 
Shining  to  the  perfect  day. 


S.  M.  Watts. 

Christ  revealed  to  Jetvs  and  Gentiles. 

L     How  beauteous  are  their  feet 

Who  stand  on  Sion's  hill, 
Who  bring  salvation  on  their  tongues, 

And  words  of  peace  reveal  I 


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2  How  charming  is  their  voice ! 
How  sweet  the  tidings  are ! 

"  Sion,  behold  thy  Saviour  King ; 
He  reigns  and  triumphs  here." 

3  How  happy  are  our  ears, 
That  hear  this  joyful  sound, 

Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for, 
And  sought,  but  never  found  I 

4  How  blessed  are  our  eyes. 
That  see  this  heavenly  light! 

Prophets  and  kings  desired  it  long, 
But  died  without  the  sight. 

5  The  watchmen  join  their  voice, 
And  tuneful  notes  employ ; 

Jerusalem  breaks  forth  in  songs. 
And  deserts  learn  the  joy. 

6  The  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm 
Through  all  the  earth  abroad  : 

Let  every  nation  now  behold 
Their  Saviour  and  their  God. 

o4:.  S.  M.  Frotuingham 

Christ's  Manifestation. 

1  We  meditate  the  day 
Of  triumph  and  of  rest. 

When,  shown  of  God  and  shaped  in  clay, 
The  Word  was  manifest. 

2  The  angels  saw  and  sung; 
Earth  listened  far  and  wide ; 

Believed  and  preached,  —  a  faith,  —  a  tongue  ; 
The  Word  was  glorified. 


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5     Lord,  give  it  gracious  sweep, 

And  here  its  errand  bless, 
Whose  mercy  sent  it  o'er  the  deep, 
To  glad  a  wilderness. 

[     Ray  out  its  starry  light, 

To  guide  our  pilgrim  way ; 
A  sign  of  hope  through  this  world's  night, 

And  brighter  than  its  day. 

)     Again  thy  witness-voice ! 

Again  thy  spirit-dove  I 
That  hearts  may  in  its  trust  rejoice, 

And  soften  with  its  love. 

>     Send  round  its  blessed  cup, 

As  once  in  Galilee ; 
And  catch  our  dull  affections  up 

To  heaven  and  Christ  and  thee. 


Pope,  altered. 


85.  los  M. 

Gentiles  coming  into  the  Church. 

1  Rise,  crowned  with  light,  imperial  Salem,  rise  I 
Exalt  thy  towering  head,  and  lift  thine  eyes ! 
See  heaven  its  sparkling  portals  wide  display. 
And  break  upon  thee  in  a  flood  of  day  I 

3  See  a  long  race  thy  spacious  courts  adorn ! 
See  future  sons  and  daughters,  yet  unborn, 
In  crowding  ranks  on  every  side  arise. 
Demanding  life,  impatient  for  the  skies  I 

3  See  barbarous  nations  at  thy  gates  attend, 
Walk  in  thy  light,  and  in  thy  temple  bend ! 
See  thy  bright    altars   thronged   with   prostrate 

kings. 
While  every  land  its  joyous  tribute  brings  ! 


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4  The  seas  shall  waste,  the  skies  to  smoke  decay, 
Rocks  fall  to  dust,  and  mountains  melt  away ; 
But  fixed  his  word,  his  saving  power  remains ; 
Thy  realm  shall  last,  thy  own  Messiah  reigns. 

86.  lis  &  10s  M.  Hebeu. 

Epiphany. 

1  Brightest  and  best  of  the  sons  of  the  morning, 

Dawn  on  our  darkness,  and  lend  us  thine  aid  I 
Star  of  the  East,  the  horizon  adorning. 
Guide  where  our  infant  Redeemer  is  laid  I 

2  Say,  shall  we  yield  him,  in  costly  devotion, 

Odors  of  Edom,  and  offerings  divine? 
Gems  of  the  mountain,  and  pearls  of  the  ocean, 
Myrrh  from  the  forest,  or  gold  from  the  mine  ? 

3  Vainly  we  offer  each  costly  oblation; 

Vainly  with  gifts  would  his  favor  secure: 
Richer  by  far  is  the  heart's  adoration  ; 

Dearer  to  God  are  the  prayers  of  the  poor. 

4  Brightest  and  best  of  the  sons  of  the  morning, 

Dawn  on  our  darkness,  and  lend  us  thine  aid ! 
Star  of  the  East,  the  horizon  adorning. 
Guide  where  our  infant  Redeemer  is  laid ! 


87. 


7S   &   6s    M.  MONTGOMERV 

All  Nations  shall  call  him  blessed. 

1  Hail  to  the  Lord's  Anointed ! 
Great  David's  greater  Son! 
Hail  in  the  time  aj^pointed. 
His  reign  on  earih  begun! 


CHRIST   AND   CHRISTIANITY.  71 

He  comes  to  break  oppression, 

To  set  the  captive  free, 
To  take  away  transgression, 
.   And  rule  in  equity. 

2  He  shall  come  down  like  showers 

Upon  the  fruitful  earth ; 
And  joy  and  hope,  like  flowers. 

Spring  in  his  path  to  birth : 
Before  him,  on  the  mountains, 

Shall  peace,  the  herald,  go ; 
And  righteousness,  in  fountains. 

From  hill  to  valley  flow. 

3  For  him  shall  prayer  unceasing 

And  daily  vows  ascend ; 
His  kingdom  still  increasing, 

A  kingdom  without  end  : 
The  mountain  dew  shall  nourish 

A  seed  in  weakness  sown. 
Whose  fruit  shall  spread  and  flourish, 

And  shake  like  Lebanon. 

CM.  E    H.  Sears. 

The  Nativity. 

1  It  came  upon  the  midnight  clear, 

That  glorious  song  of  old. 
From  angels  bending  near  the  earth 

To  touch  their  harps  of  gold  : 
"  Peace  to  the  earth,  good-will  to  men. 

From  heaven's  all  gracious  king  :  " 
The  world  in  solemn  stillness  lay 

To  hear  the  angels  sing. 

2  Still  through  the  cloven  skies  they  come, 

With  peaceful  wings  unfurled  ; 
And  still  the  heavenly  music  floats 
O'er  all  the  weary  world  : 


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Above  its  sad  and  lowly  plains 
They  bend  on  heavenly  wing, 

And  ever  o'er  its  Babel  sounds 
The  blessed  angels  sing. 

3  Yet  with  the  woes  of  sin  and  strife 

The  world  has  suffered  long ; 
Beneath  the  angel-strain  have  rolled 

Two  thousand  years  of  wrong  ; 
And  men  at  war  with  men  hear  not 

The  love-song  which  they  bring  : 
Oh !  hush  the  noise,  ye  men  of  strife, 

And  hear  the  angels  sing ! 

4  And  ye,  beneath  life's  crushing  load 

Whose  forms  are  bending  low. 
Who  toil  along  the  climbing  way 

With  painful  steps  and  slow, — 
Look  now !  for  glad  and  golden  hours 

Come  swiftly  on  the  wing : 
Oh !  rest  beside  the  weary  road. 

And  hear  the  angels  sing ! 

5  For  lo  !  the  days  are  hastening  on, 

By  prophet-bards  foretold. 
When  with  the  ever-circling  years 

Comes  round  the  age  of  gold; 
When  peace  shall  over  all  the  earth 

Its  ancient  splendors  fling. 
And  the  whole  world  send  back  the  song 

Which  now  the  angels  sing. 


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OU.  L.  M.  BOWRING. 

Jesus  teaching  the  People. 

1  How  sweetly  flowed  the  gospel's  sound 

From  lips  of  gentleness  and  grace, 
When  listening  thousands  gathered  round, 
And  joy  and  reverence  filled  the  place  ! 

2  From  heaven  he  came  ;  of  heaven  he  spoke  ; 

To  heaven  he  led  his  followers'  way ; 
Dark  clouds  of  gloomy  night  he  broke. 
Unveiling  an  immortal  day. 

3  "  Come,  wanderers,  to  my  Father's  home  ; 

Come,  all  ye  weary  ones,  and  rest ! " 
Yes,  sacred  Teacher,  we  will  come, 
Obey  thee,  love  thee,  and  be  blest. 

4  Decay,  then,  tenements  of  dust ! 

Pillars  of  earthly  pride,  decay ! 
A  nobler  mansion  waits  the  just, 
And  Jesus  has  prepared  the  way. 

^^'  L-M.  Sir  J.  E.  Smith. 

"  It  is  I ;  be  not  afraid," 

1  When  Power  divine,  in  mortal  form, 
Hushed  with  a  word  the  raging  storm, 
In  soothing  accents  Jesus  said,  — 

"  Lo,  it  is  I ;  be  not  afraid." 

2  So  when  in  silence  nature  sleeps, 
And  his  lone  watch  the  mourner  keeps, 
One  thought  shall  every  pang  remove : 
Trust,  feeble  man,  thy  Maker's  love. 


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3  Blest  be  the  voice  that  breathes  from  heaven 
To  every  heart  in  sunder  riven, 

When  love  and  joy  and  hope  are  fled, 
"  Lo,  it  is  I ;  be  not  afraid." 

4  God  calms  the  tumult  and  the  storm  ; 
He  rules  the  seraph  and  the  worm  ; 
No  creature  is  by  him  forgot. 

Of  those  who  know,  or  know  him  not. 

5  And  when  the  last  dread  hour  shall  come, 
While  shuddering  Nature  ^vaits  her  doom, 
This  voice  shall  call  the  pious  dead, — 

"  Lo,  it  is  I ;  be  not  afraid." 

91.  L.  M.  MiLMAN. 

Christ's  Entrij  into  Jerusalem. 

1  Ride  on,  ride  on  in  majesty ! 
Hark  !  all  the  tribes  hosanna  cry ! 
Thy  humble  beast  pursues  his  road. 

With  palms  and  scattered  garments  strowed. 

2  Ride  on,  ride  on  in  majesty  I 
In  lowly  pomp  ride  on  to  die! 

O  Christ,  thy  triumphs  now  begin. 
O'er  captive  death  and  conquered  sin. 

3  Ride  on,  ride  on  in  majesty  I 
The  winged  squadrons  of  the  sky 

Look  down  with  sad  and  wondering  eyes, 
To  see  the  approaching  sacrifice. 

4  Ride  on,  ride  on  in  majesty ! 

Thy  last  and  fiercest  strife  is  nigh ; 
The  Father  on  his  sapphire  throne 
Expects  his  own  anointed  Son ! 


CHRIST   AND    CHRISTIANITY.  75 

oJi.  L.  M.  Stennbtt, 

"It  is  finished." 

1  "  'Tis  finished  !  "  so  the  Saviour  cried, 
And  meekly  bowed  his  head,  and  died : 
"  'Tis  finished! "  yes,  the  race  is  run, 
The  battle  fought,  the  victory  won. 

2  "  'Tis  finished!"  all  that  heaven  foretold 
By  prophets  in  the  days  of  old  ; 

And  truths  are  opened  to  our  view. 
That  kings  and  prophets  never  knew. 

3  «'Tis  finished!  "  Son  of  God,  thy  power 
Hath  triumphed  in  this  awful  hour; 
And  yet  our  eyes  with  sorrow  see 
That  life  to  us  was  death  to  thee. 

uO.  S.  M.  Doddridge. 

The  attractive  Influence  of  the  Cross. 

1  Behold  the  amazing  sight ; 

The  Saviour  lifted  high ! 
Behold  tiie  Son  of  God's  delight 
Expire  in  agony ! 

2  For  whom,  for  whom,  my  heart. 

Were  all  these  sorrows  borne  ? 
Why  did  he  feel  that  piercing  smart. 
And  meet  that  various  scorn  ? 

3  For  love  of  us  he  bled. 

And  all  in  torture  died : 
'Twas  love  that  bowed  his  fainting  head. 
And  oped  his  gushing  side. 


76  CHRIST   AND   CHRISTIANITY. 

4  I  see,  and  I  adore 

In  sympathy  of  love  ; 
I  feel  the  strong,  attractive  power 
To  lift  my  soul  above. 

5  Drawn  by  such  cords  as  these, 

Let  all  the  earth  combine, 
With  cheerful  ardor,  to  confess 
The  energy  divine. 

6  In  thee  our  hearts  unite. 

Nor  share  thy  griefs  alone. 
But  from  thy  cross  pursue  their  flight 
To  thy  triumphant  throne. 


94.  p.  M. 

Stahat  Mater. 


W.  J.  Fox 


1  Jews  were  wrought  to  cruel  madness, 
Christians  fled  in  fear  and  sadness, 

Mary  stood  the  cross  beside. 

2  At  its  foot  her  foot  she  planted. 
By  the  dreadful  scene  undaunted, 

Till  the  gentle  sufferer  died. 

3  Poets  oft  have  sung  her  story. 
Painters  decked  her  brow  with  glory, 

Priests  her  name  have  deified; 

4  But  no  worship,  song,  or  glory. 
Touches  like  that  simple  story, — 

"  Mary  stood  the  cross  beside." 

5  And  when  under  fierce  oppression 
Goodness  suffers  like  transgression, 

Christ  again  is  crucified. 


CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY.  77 

6  But  if  love  be  there,  true-hearted, 
By  no  grief  or  terror  parted, 

Mary  stands  the  cross  beside. 


7s  M.     6  lines.  Montgomkry. 

Christ  our  Example  in  Suffering. 

Go  to  dark  Gethsemane, 
Ye  that  feel  temptation's  power; 
Your  Redeemer's  conflict  see ; 
Watch  with  him  one  bitter  hour; 
Turn  not  from  his  griefs  away ; 
Learn  of  Jesus  Christ  to  pray. 

Follow  to  the  judgment-hall ; 
View  the  Lord  of  life  arraigned  ; 
O,  the  wormwood  and  the  gall  I 
O,  the  pangs  his  soul  sustained  I 
Shun  not  suffering,  shame,  or  loss ; 
Learn  of  him  to  bear  the  cross. 

Calvary's  mounful  mountain  climb ; 
There,  admiring  at  his  feet, 
Mark  that  miracle  of  time, — 
God's  own  sacrifice  complete : 
"  It  is  finished,"  hear  him  cry  ; 
Learn  of  Jesus  Christ  to  die. 

Early  hasten  to  the  tomb, 
Where  they  laid  his  breathless  clay; 
All  is  solitude  and  gloom ; 
Who  has  taken  him  away  ? 
Christ  is  risen  ;  he  meets  our  eyes ; 
Saviour,  teach  us  so  to  rise. 


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96.  8S  &  7S    M.  BOWRING. 

Christian  Experience.     Trials  and  Temptations. 

1  In  the  cross  of  Christ  I  glory, 

Towering  o'er  the  wrecks  of  time ; 
All  the  light  of  sacred  story- 
Gathers  round  its  head  sublime. 

2  When  the  woes  of  life  o'ertake  me, 

Hopes  deceive,  and  fears  annoy. 
Never  shall  the  cross  forsake  me ; 
Lo  I  it  glows  with  peace  and  joy. 

3  When  the  Sun  of  bliss  is  beaming 

Light  and  love  upon  my  way. 
From  the  cross  the  radiance  streaming  • 
Adds  .more  lustre  to  the  day. 

4  Bane  and  blessing,  pain  and  pleasure, 

By  the  cross  are  sanctified ; 
Peace  is  there  that  knows  no  measure, 
Joys  that  through  all  time  abide. 

5  In  the  cross  of  Christ  I  glory, 

Towering  o'er  the  wrecks  of  time ; 
All  the  light  of  sacred  story 

Gathers  round  its  head  sublime. 

9T.  L.  M.  Sarah  F.  Adams. 

The  Angel  at  the  Tomb. 

1  The  mourners  came,  at  break  of  day. 
Unto  the  garden  sepulchre. 
With  saddened  hearts  to  weep  and  pray  1 

For  him,  the  loved  one,  buried  there. 
What  radiant  light  dispels  the  gloom? 
An  anofcl  sits  beside  the  tomb. 


CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY.  79 

2  The  earth  doth  mourn  her  treasures  lost, 
All  sepulchred  beneath  the  snow, 
When  wintry  winds  and  chilling  frost 
Have  laid  her  summer  glories  low; 

The  spring  returns,  the  flow'rets  bloom,  — 
An  angel  sits  beside  the  tomb. 

3  Then  mourn  we  not  beloved  dead, 
E'en  while  we  come  to  weep  and  pray ; 
The  happy  spirit  hath  but  fled 

To  brighter  realms  of  heavenly  day ; 
Immortal  hope  dispels  the  gloom,  — 
An  angel  sits  beside  the  tomb. 


98.  7s  M. 

Easter. 

1  Christ  the  Lord  is  risen  to-day. 
Sons  of  men  and  angels  say : 
Raise  your  joys  and  triumphs  high; 
Sing,  ye  heavens,  and  earth  reply. 

2  Love's  redeeming  work  is  done, 
Fought  the  fight,  the  battle  won : 
Lo  I    our  Sun's  eclipse  is  o'er ; 
Lo !    he  sets  in  blood  no  more. 

3  Vain  the  stone,  the  watch,  the  seal ; 
Christ  hath  burst  the  gates  of  hell ! 
Death  in  vain  forbids  his  rise  ; 
Christ  hath  opened  Paradise! 

4  Lives  again  our  glorious  King: 
Where,  O  Death,  is  now  thy  sting  ? 
Once  he  died  our  souls  to  save  : 
Where  thy  victory,  O  Grave  ? 


Wesley. 


80  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

5  Soar  we  now  where  Christ  has  led, 
Following  our  exalted  Head  ; 
Made  like  him,  like  him  we  rise ; 
Ours  the  cross,  the  grave,  the  skies. 

6  Risen  with  him,  we  upward  move  : 
Still  we  seek  the  things  above ; 
Heaven  our  aim,  and  loved  abode, 
Hid  our  life  with  Christ  in  God. 

7  Hid,  till  Christ  our  life  appear. 
Glorioles  in  his  members  here ; 
Joined  to  him,  we  then  shall  shine. 
All  immortal,  all  divine. 

8  Hail  the  Lord  of  earth  and  heaven  ! 
Praise  to  thee  by  both  be  given  ! 
Thee  we  greet  triumphant  now  I 
Hail  the  Resurrection  thou ! 

9  King  of  glory.  Soul  of  bliss ! 
Everlasting  life  is  this. 
Thee  to  know,  thy  power  to  prove. 
Thus  to  sing  and  thus  to  love. 

99.  P.  M.  H.  AVake,  Jb. 

Resurrection  of  Christ. 

1   Lift  your  glad  voices  in  triumph  on  high. 
For  Jesus  hath  risen,  and  man  cannot  die ; 

Vain  were  the  terrors  that  gathered  around  him. 

And  short  the  dominion  of  death  and  the  grave ; 

He  burst  from  the  fetters  of  darkness  that  bound 
him. 

Resplendent  in  glory,  to  live  and  to  save: 
Loud  was  the  chorus  of  angels  on  high,  — 
The  Saviour  hath  risen  and  man  cannot  die. 


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2  Glory  to  God,  in  full  anthems  of  joy, 

The  being  he  gave  us  death  cannot  destroy : 
Sad  were  the  life  we  must  part  with  to-morrow, 
If  tears  were   our  birthright,  and  death  were  our 

end; 
But  Jesus  hath  cheered  the  dark  valley  of  sorrow, 
And  bade  us,  immortal,  to  heaven  ascend : 
Lift,  then,  your  voices  in  triumph  on  high. 
For  Jesus  hath  risen,  and  man  shall  not  die. 


100.  CM.  Watts. 

The  Resurrection  and  Ascension  of  Christ. 

1  HosANNA  to  the  Prince  of  Light, 

That  clothed  himself  in  clay. 
Entered  the  iron  gates  of  death, 
And  tore  the  bars  away. 

2  Death  is  no  more  the  king  of  dread, 

Since  our  Immanuel  rose ; 
He  took  the  tyrant's  sting  away, 
And  spoiled  our  hellish  foes. 

3  See,  how  the  Conqueror  mounts  aloft. 

And  to  his  Father  flies. 
With  scars  of  honor  in  his  flesh. 
And  triumph  in  his  eyes. 

4  Bright  angels,  strike  your  loudest  strings; 

Your  sweetest  voices  raise  ; 
Let  heaven  and  all  created  things 
*  Sound  our  Immanuel's  praise. 


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101.  L.  M.  Wesley's  Col. 

Rising  with  Christ. 

1  Ye  faithful  souls,  who  Jesus  know, 
If  risen  indeed  with  him  ye  are, 
Superior  to  the  joys  below, 

His  resurrection's  power  declare. 

2  Your  faith  by  holy  tempers  prove ; 
By  actions  show  your  sins  forgiven ; 
And  seek  the  glorious  things  above. 
And  follow  Christ,  your  Head,  to  heaven. 

3  To  him  continually  aspire. 
Contending  for  your  native  place, 
And  emulate  the  angel-choir. 
And  only  live  to  love  and  praise. 

4  Your  real  life,  with  Christ  concealed, 
Deep  in  the  Father's  bosom  lies; 
And,  glorious  as  your  Head  revealed, 
Ye  soon  shall  meet  him  in  the  skies. 


11.     CHRISTIANITY. 


H.  M.  Watts. 

Christ  the  Guide  and  Shepherd. 

1  Great  Prophet  of  my  God, 

My  tongue  would  bless  thy  name  ; 
By  thee  the  joyful  news 
Of  our  salvation  came  : 

The  joyful  news 

Of  sins  forgiven, 

Of  hell  subdued. 

And  peace  with  heaven. 

2  Be  thou  my  Counsellor, 
My  Pattern,  and  ipy  Guide ; 
And  through  this  desert  land 
Still  keep  me  near  thy  side  : 

O,  let  my  feet 
Ne'er  run  astray. 
Nor  rove,  nor  seek 
The  crooked  way. 

3  I  love  my  Shepherd's  voice  ; 
His  watchful  eyes  shall  keep 
My  wandering  soul  among 
The  thousands  of  his  sheep  : 

He  feeds  his  flock, 
He  calls  their  names, 
His  bosom  bears 
The  tender  lambs. 


84  CHRIST   AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

103.  S.  M.  Watts. 

Christ's  Commission. 

1  Raise  your  triumphant  songs 

To  an  immortal  tune; 
Let  the  wide  earth  resound  the  deeds 
Celestial  grace  has  done. 

2  Sing  how  Eternal  Love 

Its  chief-beloved  chose, 
And  bade  him  raise  our  wretched  race 
From  their  abyss  of  woes. 

8  Now,  sinners,  dry  your  tears ; 
Let  hopeless  sorrow  cease  ; 
Bow  to  the  sceptre  of  his  love, 
And  take  the  offered  peace. 

4  Lord,  we  obey  thy  call ; 

We  lay  an  humble  claim 
To  the  salvation  thou  hast  brought. 
And  love  and  praise  thy  name. 

104.  L.  M.  Mason 
CJirisf  the  Image  of  God. 

1  O  THOU,  at  whose  almighty  word 

Fair  light  at  tirst  from  darkness  shoii;', 
Teach  us  to  know  our  glorious  Lord, 
And  trace  the  Father  in  the  Son. 

2  While  we  thine  image,  there  displayed, 

With  love  and  admiration  view. 
Form  us  in  likeness  to  our  Head, 
That  we  may  bear  thine  image  t(^o. 


CHEIST   AND   CHRISTIANITY.  85 


105.  L.  M.  Doddridge 

Christ  the  Sun  of  Righteousness. 

1  To  thee,  O  God,  we  homage  pay, 
Source  of  the  light  that  rules  the  day ; 
Who,  while  he  gilds  all  nature's  frame. 
Reflects  thy  rays,  and  speaks  thy  name. 

2  In  louder  strains  we  sing  that  grace 
Which  gives  the  Sun  of  Righteousness, 
Whose  nobler  light  salvation  brings, 
And  scatters  healing  from  his  wings. 

3  Still  on  our  hearts  may  Jesus  shine 
With  beams  of  light  and  love  divine ; 
Quickened  by  him,  our  souls  shall  live. 
And  cheered  by  him  shall  grow  and  thrive. 

4  O,  may  his  glories  stand  confessed. 
From  north  to  south,  from  east  to  west ; 
Successful  may  his  gospel  run, 

Wide  as  the  circuit  of  the  sun. 

5  When  shall  that  radiant  scene  arise. 
When,  fixed  on  high  in  purer  skies, 
Christ  all  his  lustre  shall  display 

On  all  his  saints  through  endless  day  ? 


106.  s.  M. 

Christ  the  Light  of  the  World. 

1  Behold,  the  Prince  of  Peace, 
The  chosen  of  the  Lord, 
God's  well-beloved  Son,  fulfils 
The  sure  prophetic  word. 


Needham. 


86  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

2  No  royal  pomp  adorns 

This  King  of  Righteousness; 
Meekness  and  patience,  truth  and  love, 
Compose  his  princely  dress. 

3  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord, 

In  rich  abundance  shed, 
On  this  great  prophet  gently  lights, 
And  rests  upon  his  head. 

4  Jesus,  thou  Light  of  men, 

Thy  doctrine  life  imparts  ; 
O,  may  we  feel  its  quickening  power, 
To  warm  and  glad  our  hearts ! 

6  Cheered  by  its  beams,  our  souls 
Shall  run  the  heavenly  way: 
The  path  which  Christ  has  marked  and  trod 
Will  lead  to  endless  day. 

10^.  7s  M.  Mks.  Barbauld. 

Christ's  Invitations. 

1  Come,  said  Jesus'  sacred  voice. 

Come,  and  make  my  paths  your  choice ; 
I  will  guide  you  to  your  home ; 
Weary  pilgrim,  hither  come. 

2  Thou  who,  houseless,  sole,  forlorn. 
Long  hast  borne  the  proud  world's  scorn, 
Long  hast  roamed  the  barren  waste, 
Weary  pilgrim,  hither  haste. 

3  Ye  who,  tossed  on  beds  of  pain. 
Seek  for  ease,  but  seek  in  vain ; 

Ye  whose  swohen  and  sleepless  eyes 
Watch  to  see  the  morning  rise ; 


CHRIST   AND    CHRISTIANITY.  87 

4  Ye,  by  fiercer  anguish  torn, 

In  remorse  for  guilt  who  mourn, — 
Here  repose  your  heavy  care  ; 
A  wounded  spirit  who  can  bear  ? 

5  Sinner,  come;  for  here  is  found 
Bahn  that  flows  for  every  wound, 
Peace  that  ever  shall  endure, 
Rest  eternal,  sacred,  sure. 


108.  S.  M.  Episcopal  Col. 

Gospel  Invitations. 

1  The  Spirit  in  our  hearts 

Is  whispering,  "  Sinner,  come ; " 
The  Bride,  the  church  of  Christ,  proclaims 
To  all  his  children,  «  Come  !  " 

2  Let  him  that  heareth  say 
To  all  about  him,  come ! 

Let  him  that  thirsts  for  righteousness. 
To  Christ,  the  fountain,  come! 

3  Yes,  whosoever  will, 
O  let  him  freely  come. 

And  freely  drink  the  stream  of  life ; 
'Tis  Jesus  bids  him  come. 

4  Lo !  Jesus  who  invites, 

1^  Declares,  "  I  quickly  come  : " 

r  Lord,  even  so !  I  wait  thine  hour, 

Jesus,  my  Saviour,  come ! 


88  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

109.  7s   M.  COWPEB. 

"  Lovest  thou  Me  ?  "     John  xxi.  10. 

1  Hark,  my  soul ;  it  is  the  Lord  ; 
'Tis  thy  Saviour;  hear  his  word  ; 
Jesus  speaks,  and  speaks  to  thee, 

"  Say,  poor  sinner,  lov'st  thou  me  ? 

2  "  I  delivered  thee  when  bound. 

And,  when  bleeding,  healed  thy  wound  ; 
Sought  thee  wandering,  set  thee  right. 
Turned  thy  darkness  into  light. 

3  "  Can  a  woman's  tender  care 
Cease  towards  the  child  she  bare  ? 
Yes,  she  may  forgetful  be. 

Yet  will  I  remember  thee. 

4  "  Mine  is  an  unchanging  love. 
Higher  than  the  heights  above. 
Deeper  than  the  depths  beneath, 
Free  and  faithful,  strong  as  death. 

5  "  Thou  shalt  see  my  glory  soon. 
When  the  work  of  grace  is  done  ; 
Partner  of  my  throne  shalt  be  ; 
Say,  poor  sinner,  lov'st  thou  me  ?  " 

6  Lord,  it  is  my  chief  complaint 
That  my  love  is  weak  and  faint, 
Yet  I  love  thee  and  adore  ; 

Oh  for  grace  to  love  thee  more  I 


CHRIST   AND   CHRISTIANITY.  89 

110.  L.  M.  Watts. 

Glory  and  Grace  in  Christ. 

1  Now  to  the  Lord  a  noble  song ; 
Awake,  my  soul ;  awake,  my  tongue  ; 
Hosanna  to  the  eternal  name, 

And  all  his  boundless  love  proclaim. 

2  See  where  it  shines  in  Jesns'  face, 
The  brightest  image  of  his  grace  ; 
God  in  the  person  of  his  Son 

Has  all  his  mightiest  works  outdone. 

3  The  spacious  earth  and  spreading  flood 
Proclaim  the  wise  and  powerful  God ; 
And  thy  rich  glories  from  afar 
Sparkle  in  every  rolling  star. 

4  But  in  his  looks  a  glory  stands,  — 
The  noblest  labor  of  thine  hands ; 
The  pleasing  lustre  of  his  eyes 
Outshines  the  wonders  of  the  skies. 

5  Grace !  'tis  a  sweet,  a  charming  theme ; 
My  thoughts  rejoice  at  Jesus'  name ; 
Ye  angels,  dwell  upon  the  sound ; 

Ye  heavens,  reflect  it  to  the  ground. 

111.  L.  M.  Hugh  White. 

Christ's  Invitations. 

1  With  tearful  eyes  I  look  around, 
Life  seems  a  dark  and  stormy  sea ; 
Yet  'midst  the  gloom  I  hear  a  sound, 
A  heavenly  whisper,  "  Come  to  me." 


90  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

2  It  tells  me  of  a  place  of  rest, 

It  tells  me  where  my  soul  may  flee ; 

O,  to  the  weary,  faint,  oppressed. 

How  sweet  the  bidding  "  Come  to  me!" 

3  When  nature  shudders,  loath  to  part 
From  all  I  love,  enjoy,  and  see ; 
When  a  faint  chill  steals  o'er  my  heart, 
A  sweet  voice  utters,  "  Come  to  me !  " 

4  O  voice  of  mercy  !  voice  of  love  ! 
In  conflict,  grief,  and  agony. 
Support  me,  cheer  me  from  above, 
And    gently  whisper,  "  Come  to  me  !  " 

112.  L.  M.  A.  C.  CoxB. 

Christ.     His  Life  and  Death. 

i 

1  How  beauteous  were  the  marks  divine, 
That  in  thy  meekness  used  to  shine  ; 
That  lit  thy  lonely  pathway,  trod 

In  wondrous  love,  O  Son  of  God  ! 

2  O,  who  like  thee,  —  so  calm,  so  bright, 
So  pure,  so  made  to  live  in  light? 

O,  who  like  thee  did  ever  go 

So  patient  through  a  world  of  woe  ? 

3  O,  who  like  thee  so  humbly  bore 
The  scorn,  the  scoff's  of  men,  before  ? 
So  meek,  forgiving,  godlike,  high. 
So  glorious  in  humility  ? 

4  The  bending  angels  stooped  to  see 
The  lisping  infant  clasp  thy  knee, 
And  smile,  as  in  a  fatiier's  eye, 
Upon  thy  mild  divinity. 


CHRIST   AND   CHRISTIANITY.  91 

5  And  death,  which  sets  the  prisoner  free, 
Was  pang  and  scoff  and  scorn  to  thee; 
Yet  love  through  all  thy  torture  glowed, 
And  mercy  with  thy  life-blood  flowed. 

6  O,  in  thy  light  be  mine  to  go, 
Illuming  all  ray  way  of  woe ; 
And  give  me  ever  on  the  road 

To  trace  thy  footsteps.  Son  of  God  I 


113.  7s  M. 

Jesus  our  Leader. 

1  Feeble,  helpless,  how  shall  I 
Learn  to  live  and  learn  to  die  ? 
Who,  O  God !  my  guide  shall  be  ? 
Who  shall  lead  thy  child  to  thee  ? 

2  Blessed  Father,  gracious  One, 
Thou  hast  sent  thy  holy  Son ; 
He  will  give  the  light  T  need, 
He  my  trembling  steps  will  lead. 

3  Through  this  world,  uncertain,  dim, 
Let  me  ever  lean  on  him ; 

From  his  precepts  wisdom  draw, 
Make  his  life  my  solemn  law. 

4  Thus  in  deed  and  thought  and  word, 
Led  by  Jesus  Christ,  the  Lord, 

In  my  weakness  thus  shall  I 
Learn  to  live  and  learn  to  die. 

5  Learn  to  live  in  peace  and  love, 
Like  the  perfect  ones  above  ; 
Learn  to  die  without  a  fear. 
Feeling  thee,  my  Father,  near. 


FuRNliSS. 


92  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

114.  L.M. 

The  Examph  of  Christ. 

1  My  dear  Redeemer  and  my  Lord, 
I  read  my  duty  in  thy  word  ; 
But  in  thy  life  the  law  appears 
Drawn  out  in  living  characters. 

2  Such  was  thy  truth,  and  such  thy  zeal, 
Such  deference  to  thy  Father's  will, 
Such  love,  and  meekness  so  divine, 

I  would  transcribe,  and  make  them  mine. 

3  Cold  mountains  and  the  midnight  air 
Witnessed  the  fervor  of  thy  prayer ; 
The  desert  thy  temptations  knew, 
'J'hy  conflict  and  thy  victory  too. 

4  Be  thou  my  Pattern ;  make  me  bear 
More  of  thy  gracious  image  here ; 

Then  God,  the  Judge,  shall  own  my  name 
Amongst  the  followers  of  the  Lamb. 


Watts. 


115.  CM. 

The  Examples  of  Christ  and  the  Saints. 

1  Give  me  the  wings  of  faith  to  rise 

Within  the  veil,  and  see 
The  saints  above,  how  great  their  joys, 
And  bright  their  glories  be. 

2  Once  they  were  mourning  here  below, 

And  wet  their  couch  with  tears ; 
They  wrestled  hard,  as  we  do  now, 
With  sins  and  doubts  and  fears. 


Watts. 


CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY.  93 

3  I  ask  them  whence  their  victory  came ; 

They,  with  united  breath, 
Ascribe  their  conquest  to  the  Lamb, 
Their  triumph  to  his  death. 

4  Our  glorious  Leader  claims  our  praise, 

For  his  own  pattern  given. 
While  the  long  cloud  of  witnesses 
Show  the  same  path  to  heaven. 

116.  C.  M.  Nkuton. 

Christian  Experience,  Praise,  Joy,  Conflict. 

1  How  sweet  the  name  of  Jesus  sounds 

In  a  believer's  ear ! 
It  soothes  his  sorrows,  heals  his  wounds, 
And  drives  away  his  fear. 

2  It  makes  the  wounded  spirit  whole 

And  calms  the  troubled  breast ; 
'Tis  manna  to  the  hungry  soul, 
And  for  the  w^eary,  rest. 

3  Jesus!    my  Shepherd,  Guardian,  Friend, 

My  Prophet,  Priest,  and  King; 
My  Lord,  my  Life,  my  Way,  my  End, 
Accept  the  praise  I  bring. 

4  Weak  is  the  effort  of  my  heart. 

And  cold  my  warmest  thought ; 
But,  when  I  see  thee  as  thou  art, 
I'll  praise  thee  as  I  ought. 

5  Till  then,  I  would  thy  love  proclaim, 

With  every  fleeting  breath  ; 
And  may  the  music  of  thy  name, 
Refresh  my  soul  in  death. 


94  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

117.  C.  M.  Watts. 

A  blessed  Gospel.    Ps.  89. 

1  Blest  are  the  souls  that  hear  and  know 

The  gospel's  joyful  sound ; 
Peace  shall  attend  the  path  they  go, 
And  light  their  steps  surround. 

2  Their  joy  shall  bear  their  spirits  up 

Through  their  Redeemer's  name; 
His  righteousness  exalts  their  hope, 
Nor  Satan  dares  condemn. 

3  The  Lord,  our  glory  and  defence, 

Strength  and  salvation  gives; 
Israel,  thy  King  for  ever  reigns, 
Thy  God  for  ever  lives. 


118.  CM. 

Sinai  and  Sion. 

1  Not  to  the  terrors  of  the  Lord, 

The  tempest,  fire,  and  smoke; 
Not  to  the  thunder  of  that  word 
Which  God  on  Sinai  spoke,  — 

2  But  v^e  are  come  to  Sion's  hill. 

The  city  of  our  God, 
Where  milder  words  declare  his  will, 
And  spread  his  love  abroad. 

3  Behold  the  innumeral>le  host 

Of  angels  clothed  in  light ! 
Behold  the  spirits  of  the  just. 
Whose  faith  is  turned  to  sight! 


Watts. 


CHRIST   AND   CHRISTIANITY.  95 

4  The  saints  on  earth  and  all  the  dead 

But  one  communion  make ; 
All  join  in  Christ,  their  living  Head, 
And  of  his  grace  partake. 

5  In  such  society  as  this 

My  weary  soul  would  rest; 
The  man  that  dwells  where  Jesus  is, 
Must  be  for  ever  blest. 

).  CM.  Wesley. 

The  Glory  of  Christ. 

1  Oh  for  a  thousand  tongues,  to  sing 

My  great  Redeemer's  praise ; 
The  glories  of  my  Lord  and  King, 
The  triumphs  of  his  grace. 

2  My  gracious  Master,  and  my  Lord, 

Assist  me  to  proclaim, 
And  spread  through  all  the  earth  abroad 
The  honors  of  thy  name. 

3  Jesus !  the  name  that  charms  our  fears, 

That  bids  our  sorrows  cease ; 
'Tis  music  in  the  sinner's  ears, 
'Tis  life  and  health  and  peace. 

4  He  breaks  the  power  of  reigning  sin. 

He  sets  the  prisoner  free ; 
His  blood  can  make  the  foulest  clean ; 
His  blood  availed  for  me. 

5  He  speaks ;  and,  listening  to  his  voice. 

New  life  the  dead  receive ; 
The  mournful,  broken  hearts  rejoice; 
The  humble  poor  believe. 


98  .  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

6  Hear  him,  ye  deaf;  his  praise,  ye  dumb, 
Your  loosened  tongues  employ ; 
Ye  blind,  behold  your  Saviour  come ; 
And  leap,  ye  lame,  for  joy. 


120.  L.M. 

I  am  the  Wai/  arid  the  Truth  and  the  Life. 

1  Thou  art  the  Way ;  and  he  who  sighs, 
Amid  this  starless  waste  of  woe, 

To  find  a  pathway  to  the  skies, 
A  light  from  heaven's  eternal  glow. 
By  thee  must  come,  thou  Gate  of  love, 
Through  which  the  saints  undoubting  trod, 
Till  faith  discovers,  like  the  dove, 
An  ark,  a  resting-place  in  God. 

2  Thou  art  the  Truth,  whose  steady  day 
Shines  on  through  earthly  blight  and  bloom  ; 
The  pure,  the  everlasting  ray ; 

The  Lamp  that  shines  e'en  in  the  tomb  ; 
The  Light  that  out  of  darkness  springs. 
And  guideth  those  that  blindly  go ; 
The  Word  whose  precious  radiance  flings 
Its  lustre  upon  all  below. 

3  Thou  art  the  Life,  the  blessed  well 
With  living  waters  gushing  o'er, 
Which  those  that  drink  shall  ever  dwell 
Where  sin  and  thirst  are  known  no  more. 
Thou  art  the  guiding  Pillar  given, 

Our  Lamp  by  night,  our  Light  by  day ; 
Thou  art  the  Sacred  Bread  from  heaven, 
Thou  art  the  Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way. 


CHRIST   AND   CHRISTIANITY.  97 

121.  lOs  M.  T.  Parker. 

Christ  the  Way,  the  Truth,  and  the  Life. 

1  O  THOU  great  Friend  to  all  the  sons  of  men, 
Who  once  appeared  in  humblest  guise  below, 
Bin  to  rebuke,  to  break  the  captive's  chain, 
And  call  thy  brethren  forth  from  want  and  woe ; 

2  We  look  to  thee  !  thy  truth  is  still  the  light, 
Which  guides  the  nations,  groping  on  their  way, 
Stumbling  and  falling  in  disastrous  night, 

Yet  hoping  ever  for  the  perfect  day. 

3  Yes !  thou  art  still  the  Life ;  thou  art  the  Way 
The  holiest  know,  —  Light,  Life,  and  Way   of 

heaven ! 
And  they  who  dearest  hope,  and  deepest  pray, 
Toil   by   the  light,   life,   way,   which  thou    ha.st 

given. 

122.  C.  M.  C.  Wesley. 

The  Communion  of  Saints. 

1  The  saints  on  earth  and  those  above 

But  one  communion  make  ; 
Joined  to  their  Lord  in  bonds  of  love, 
All  of  his  grace  partake. 

2  One  family,  we  dwell  in  him ; 

One  church  above,  beneath. 
Though  now  divided  by  the  stream. 
The  narrow  stream  of  death. 


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3  One  army  of  the  living  God, 
To  his  command  we  bow ; 
Part  of  the  host  have  crossed  the  flood, 
And  part  are  crossing  now. 

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98  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

4   O  God,  be  thou  our  constant  guide  ! 
Then,  when  the  word  is  given. 
Bid  death's  cold  flood  its  waves  divide, 
And  land  us  safe  in  heaven. 

l2o.  L.  M.  Watts. 

Cfu-isi's  Kingdom.    Ps.  72. 

1  Jesus  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun 
Does  his  successive  journeys  run  ; 
His  kingdom  stretch  from  shore  to  shore, 
Till  moons  shall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 

2  From  north  to  south  the  princes  meet, 
To  pay  their  homage  at  his  feet ; 
And  barbarous  nations,  at  his  word, 
Submit,  and  bow,  and  own  their  Lord. 

3  For  him  shall  endless  prayer  be  made. 
And  praises  throng  to  crown  his  head  ; 
His  name,  like  sweet  perfume,  shall  rise 
With  every  morning  sacrifice. 

4  People  and  realms  of  every  tongue 
Dwell  on  his  love  with  sweetest  song. 
And  infant  voices  shall  proclaim 
Their  early  blessings  on  his  name. 

5  Blessings  abound  where'er  he  reigns ; 
The  prisoner  leaps  to  loose  his  chains ; 
The  weary  find  eternal  rest, 
And  all  the  sons  of  want  are  blest. 

6  Let  every  creature  rise  and  bring 
Peculiar  honors  to  our  King ; 
Angels  descend  with  songs  again. 
And  earth  repeat  the  loud  Amen. 


CHRIST   AND    CHRISTIANITY,  99 

124.  C.  M.  DCNCAN. 

Christ  exalted. 

1  All  hail  the  power  of  Jesus'  name  I 

Let  angels  prostrate  fall ; 
Bring  forth  the  royal  diadem, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

2  Crown  him,  ye  martyrs  of  our  God, 

Who  from  the  altar  call ; 
Extol  the  stem  of  Jesse's  rod, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

3  Ye  chosen  seed  of  Israel's  race, 

Ye  ransomed  from  the  fall. 
Hail  him  who  saves  you  by  his  grace, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

4  Sinners,  whose  love  can  ne'er  forget 

The  wormwood  and  the  gall. 
Go,  spread  your  trophies  at  his  feet, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

5  Let  every  kindred,  every  tribe, 

On  this  terrestrial  ball. 
To  him  all  majesty  ascribe, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

125.  L.  M.  Watts. 

The  Kingdom  of  Christ.    Ps.  72. 

1  Great  God,  whose  universal  sway 
The  known  and  unknown  worlds  obey, 
Now  give  the  kingdom  to  thy  Son ; 
Extend  his  power,  exalt  his  throne. 


100  CHRIST   AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

2  With  power  he  vindicates  the  just, 
And  treads  the  oppressor  in  the  dust ; 
His  worship  and  his  fear  shall  last, 
Till  hours  and  years  and  time  be  past. 

3  As  rain  on  meadows  newly  mown, 
So  shall  he  send  his  influence  down  ; 
His  grace  on  fainting  souls  distils, 
Like  heavenly  dew  on  thirsty  hills. 

4  The  heathen  lands,  that  lie  beneath 
The  shades  of  overspreading  death, 
Revive  at  his  first  dawning  light. 
And  deserts  blossom  at  the  sight. 

5  The  saints  shall  flourish  in  his  days. 
Dressed  in  the  robes  of  joy  and  praise  ; 
Peace,  like  a  river,  from  his  throne 
Shall  flow  to  nations  yet  unknown. 

l^O.  S.  M.  Montgomery. 

The  Good  Shepherd  and  his  Flock. 

1  Green  pastures  and  clear  streams. 
Freedom  and  quiet  rest, 

Christ's  flock  enjoy,  beneath  his  beams, 
Or  in  his  shadow,  blest. 

2  Secure  amidst  alarms. 
From  violence  or  snares. 

The  lambs  he  gathers  in  his  arms, 
And  in  his  bosom  bears. 

3  The  wounded  and  the  weak 
He  comforts,  heals,  and  binds ; 

The  lost  he  came  from  heaven  to  seek, 
And  saves  them  when  he  finds. 


CHRIST   AND   CHRISTIANITY.  101 

4     Conflicts  and  trials  done, 
His  glory  they  behold, 
Where  Jesus  and  his  flock  are  one, 
One  Shepherd  and  one  fold. 

±Jl  I  ,  C.  M.  MONTGOMICRY. 

Singing  the  Song  of  the  Redeemed. 

1  Sing  we  the  song  of  those  who  stand 

Around  the  eternal  throne, 
Of  every  kindred,  clime,  and  land, 
A  multitude  unknown. 

2  Life's  poor  distinctions  vanish  here  ; 

To-day  the  young,  the  old. 
Our  Saviour  and  his  flock  appear 
One  Shepherd  and  one  fold. 

3  Toil,  trial,  suffering,  still  await 

On  earth  the  pilgrim's  throng, 
Yet  learn  we  in  our  low  estate 
The  church  triumphant's  song. 

4  Worthy  the  Lamb  for  sinners  slain, 

Cry  the  redeemed  above, 
Blessing  and  honor  to  obtain. 
And  everlasting  love. 

5  Worthy  the  Lamb,  on  earth  we  sing. 

Who  died  our  souls  to  save ; 
Henceforth,  O  Death!  where  is  thy  sting? 
Thy  victory,  O  Grave  ? 

6  Then  hallelujah  !  power  and  praise 

To  God  in  Christ  be  given ; 
May  all  who  now  this  anthem  raise 
Renew  the  song  in  heaven. 


102  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

±ZiO.  H.  M.  Doddridge 

Emblems  of  the  salutary  Effects  of  the  Gospel.     Isa.  Iv.  10,  11. 

1  Mark  the  soft-falling  snow, 

And  the  diffusive  rain  : 
To  heaven,  from  whence  it  fell, 
It  turns  not  back  again  ; 
But  waters  earth 

Through  every  pore, 
And  calls  forth  all 
Its  secret  store. 

2  Arrayed  in  beauteous  green, 

The  hills  and  valleys  shine; 
And  man  and  beast  are  fed 
By  Providence  divine : 
The  harvest  bows 
Its  golden  ears. 
The  copious  seed 
Of  future  years. 

3  "  So,"  saith  the  God  of  grace, 

"  My  gospel  shall  descend. 
Almighty  to  effect 

The  purpose  I  intend; 
Millions  of  souls 

Shall  feel  its  power, 
And  bear  it  down 
To  millions  more." 

129.  C.  M.  Watts. 

A  Vision  of  the  Kingdom  of  Christ  among  Men. 

1  Lo,  what  a  glorious  sight  appears 
To  our  believing  eyes ! 
The  earth  and  seas  are  passed  away. 
And  the  old  rollinof  skies. 


CHRIST   AND   CHRISTIANITY.  103 

2  From  the  third  heaven,  where  God  resides, 

That  holy,  happy  place, 
The  new  Jerusalem  comes  down, 
Adorned  with  shining  grace. 

3  Attending  angels  shout  for  joy. 

And  the  bright  armies  sing, 
"  Mortals,  behold  the  sacred  seat 
Of  your  descending  King. 

4  "  The  God  of  glory  down  to  men 

Removes  his  blest  abode  ; 
Men  the  dear  objects  of  his  grace, 
And  he  the  loving  God. 

5  "  His  own  soft  hand  shall  wipe  the  tears 

From  every  weeping  eye, 
And  pains  and  groans,  and  griefs  and  fears, 
And  death  itself  shall  die." 

6  How  long,  dear  Saviour !  O,  how  long 

Shall  this  bright  hour  delay? 
Fly  swifter  round,  ye  wheels  of  time. 
And  bring  the  welcome  day. 

130.  8s  &  7s  M.  CowpEE. 

The  future  Peace  and  Glory  of  the  Church. 

1  Hear  what  God,  the  Lord,  hath  spoken  : 

"  O  my  people,  faint  and  few. 
Comfortless,  afflicted,  broken. 

Fair  abodes  I  build  for  you ; 
Thorns  of  heart-felt  tribulation 

Shall  no  more  perplex  your  ways ; 
You  shall  name  your  walls  Salvation, 

And  your  gates  shall  all  be  Praise. 


104  CHRIST    AND    CHRISTIANITY. 

2  "  There,  like  streams  that  feed  the  garden, 

Pleasures  without  end  shall  flow ; 
For  the  Lord,  your  faith  rewarding. 

All  his  bounty  shall  bestow ; 
Still,  in  undisturbed  possession, 

Peace  and  righteousness  shall  reign ; 
Never  shall  you  feel  oppression, 

Hear  the  voice  of  war  again. 

3  "  Ye  no  more  your  suns  descending, 

Waning  moons  no  more  shall  see  ; 
But,  your  griefs  for  ever  ending, 

Find  eternal  noon  in  me; 
God  shall  rise,  and  shining  o'er  ye, 

Change  to  day  the  gloom  of  night ; 
He,  the  Lord,  shall  be  your  glory, 

God  your  everlasting  light." 


131.  8s  &  7s  M.  J.  Nkwton. 

The  Citj  of  God. 

1  Glorious  things  of  thee  are  spoken, 

Zion,  city  of  our  God  ! 
He  whose  word  cannot  be  broken, 
Formed  thee  for  his  own  abode. 

2  On  the  Rock  of  Ages  founded, 

What  can  shake  thy  sure  repose  ? 
With  salvation's  walls  surrounded, 
Thou  mayst  smile  at  all  thy  foes. 

3  See!  the  streams  of  living  waters. 

Springing  from  eternal  love. 
Well  supply  thy  sons  and  daughters, 
And  all  fear  of  want  remove. 


CHRIST   AND    CHRISTIANITY.  *  105 

4  Who  can  faint  while  such  a  river 

Ever  flows  their  thirst  to  assuage? 
Grace,  which,  like  the  Lord  the  Giver, 
Never  fails  from  age  to  age. 


132.  CM.  A.  C.  CoxE. 

I  The  Church  Everlasting. 

1   O  WHERE  are  kings  and  empires  now 

Of  old  that  went  and  came  ? 
But  Holy  Church  is  praying  yet, 

A  thousand  years  the  same. 
Mark  ye  her  holy  battlements, 

And  her  foundations  strong ; 
And  hear  within  her  solemn  voice 

And  her  unending  song. 

I  For  not  like  kingdoms  of  the  world 
The  Holy  Church  of  God ! 
Though  earthquake  shocks  are  rocking  her. 

And  tempests  are  abroad; 
;  Unshaken  as  eternal  hills, 
Unmovable  she  stands, — 
A  mountain  that  shall  fill  the  earth, 
A  fane  unbuilt  by  hands. 


133.  C.  M.  Spieit  of  Psalms, 

1  Thy  servants  in  the  temple  watched 
The  dawning  of  the  day. 
Impatient  with  its  earliest  beams 
Their  holy  vows  to  pay ; 


106  CHRIST   AND   CHRISTIANITY. 

And  chosen  saints  far  off  beheld 
That  great  and  glorious  morn, 

When  the  glad  day-spring  from  on  high 
Auspiciously  should  dawn. 

2  On  us  the  Sun  of  Righteousness 

Its  brightest  beams  hath  poured , 
With  grateful  hearts  and  holy  zeal, 

Lord,  be  thy  love  adored ; 
And  let  us  look  with  joyful  hope 

To  that  more  glorious  day. 
Before  whose  brightness  sin  and  death 

And  grief  shall  flee  away. 


134.  6s  &  8s  M.  Robinson. 

The  Church  signalled  by  Love. 

1  One  sole  baptismal  sign, 
One  Lord,  below,  above  ; 
Zion,  one  faith  is  thine. 

The  only  watchword,  —  Love ; 
From  many  temples  though  it  rise, 
One  song  ascending  to  the  skies. 

2  Head  of  the  Church  beneath, 
The  catholic,  the  true. 

On  all  her  members  breathe  ; 

Her  broken  frame  renew ! 
Then  shall  thy  perfect  will  be  done, 
When  Christians  love  and  live  as  one. 


m)t  moin  ^mt 


I.     DESCENT   OF   THE    SPIRIT  AND 
THE   INSPIRED   WORD. 


Kebi.i: 


135.  CM. 

Wfiitsundai/. 

1  When  God,  of  old,  came  down  from  heaven, 

In  power  and  wrath  he  came ; 
Before  his  feet  the  clouds  were  riven, 
Half  darkness  and  half  flame. 

2  But  when  he  came  the  second  time, 

He  came  in  power  and  love ; 
Softer  than  gate  at  morning  prime 
Hovered  his  holy  Dove. 

3  The  fires  that  rushed  on  Sinai  down 

In,  sudden  torrents  dread. 
Now  gently  light  a  glorious  crown 
On  every  sainted  head. 

,^4  Like  arrows  went  those  lightnings  forth, 

■  Winged  with  the  sinner's  doom  ; 

B    But  these,  like  tongues,   o'er  all  the  earth 

■  Proclaiming  life  to  come. 

5  And  as  on  Israel's  awe-struck  ear 
^         The  voice,  exceeding  loud, 
P     The  trump,  that  angels  quake  to  hear, 
Thrilled  from  the  deep,  dark  cloud : 

107 


108  THE    SPIRIT    AND    THE    WORD. 

6  So,  when  the  Spirit  of  our  God 

Carne  down  his  flock  to  find, 
A  voice  from  heaven  was  heard  abroad, 
A  rushing,  mighty  wind. 

7  Nor  doth  the  outward  ear  alone 

At  that  high  warning  start ; 
Conscience  gives  back  the  appalling  tone  ; 
'Tis  echoed  in  the  heart. 

136.  CM.  Bishop  Hebeb.  I 

Whitsmiday. 

1  Spirit  of  truth,  on  this  thy  day 

To  thee  for  help  we  cry, 
To  guide  us  through  the  dreary  way 
Of  dark  mortality. 

2  We  ask  not.  Lord,  thy  cloven  flame, 

Or  tongues  of  various  tone. 
But  long  thy  praises  to  proclaim 
With  fervor  in  our  own. 

3  We  mourn  not  that  prophetic  skill 

Is  found  on  earth  no  more; 
Enough  for  us  to  trace  thy  will 
In  Scripture's  sacred  lore. 

4  We  neither  have  nor  seek  the  power 

111  demons  to  control ; 
But  thou,  in  dark  temptation's  hour, 
Shalt  chase  them  from  the  soul. 

5  No  heavenly  harpings  soothe  our  ear, 

No  mystic  dreams  we  share ; 

Yet  hope  to  feel  thy  comfort  near, 

And  bless  thee  in  our  prayer. 


THE    SPIRIT    AND    THE    WORD.  109 

6  When  tongues  shall  cease,  and  power  decay, 
And  knowledge  empty  prove. 
Do  thou  thy  trembling  servants  stay 
With  faith,  with  hope,  with  love. 

-l-O  (  .  P.  M.         Spirit  of  the  Psalms. 

The  Iloiy  Ghost  the  Comforter. 

I  1   Our  blest  Redeemer,  ere  he  breathed 
I  His  tender,  last  farewell, 

i        A  Guide,  a  Comforter,  bequeathed 
^  With  us  to  dwell. 

2  He  came  in  tongues  of  living  flame, 

To  teach,  convince,  subdue ; 
All-powerful  as  the  wind  he  came. 
As  viewless  too. 

3  He  came  sweet  influence  to  impart, 

A  gracious,  willing  Guest; 
While  he  can  find  one  humble  heart 
Wherein  to  rest. 

4  And  his  that  gentle  voice  we  hear. 

Soft  as  the  breath  of  even. 
That  checks  each  fault,  that  calms  each  fear, 
And  speaks  of  heaven. 

5  And  every  virtue  we  possess, 

And  every  victory  won, 

kAnd  every  thought  of  holiness, 
Are  his  alone. 

6  Spirit  of  purity  and  grace, 

Our  weakness,  pitying,  see ; 
O,  make  our  hearts  thy  dwelling-place, 
And  worthier  thee. 


110  THE    SPIRIT    AND    THE    WORD. 

138.  C.  M.  Mrs.  Steele. 

The  Excellency  of  the  Holy  Scriptures. 

1  Father  of  mercies,  in  thy  word 

Wliat  endless  glory  shines! 
For  ever  be  thy  name  adored, 
For  these  celestial  lines. 

2  Here  may  the  wretched  sons  of  want 

Exhaustless  riches  find ; 
Riches,  above  what  earth  can  grant, 
And  lasting  as  the  mind. 

3  Here  the  fair  tree  of  knowledge  grows, 

And  yields  a  free  repast ; 
Sublimer  sweets  than  nature  knows 
Invite  the  longing  taste. 

4  Here  springs  of  consolation  rise, 

To  cheer  the  fainting  mind, 
And  thirsty  souls  receive  supplies, 
And  sweet  refreshment  find. 

5  Here  the  Redeemer's  welcome  voice 

Spreads  heavenly  peace  around, 
And  life  and  everlasting  joys 
Attend  the  blissful  sound. 

6  O,  may  these  heavenly  pages  be 

My  ever-dear  delight ! 
And  still  new  beauties  may  I  see. 
And  still  increasing  light ! 


THE    SPIRIT    AND    THE    WORD.  Ill 


139.  s.M. 

God's  Word  most  excellent.     Ps.  19. 


Watts. 


1  Behold,  the  morning  sun 
Begins  liis  glorious  way ; 

His  beams  through  all  the  nations  run, 
And  life  and  light  convey. 

2  But  where  the  gosjjel  comes, 
It  spreads  diviner  light; 

It  calls  dead  sinners  from  their  tombs, 
And  gives  the  blind  their  sight. 

3  How  perfect  is  thy  word ! 
And  all  thy  judgments  just ! 

For  ever  sure  thy  promise.  Lord, 
And  men  securely  trust. 

4  My  gracious  God,  how  plain 
Are  thy  directions  given  I 

O,  may  I  never  read  in  vain, 
But  find  the  path  to  heaven ! 

5  I  hear  thy  word  with  love. 
And  I  would  fain  obey ; 

Send  thy  good  Spirit  from  above. 
To  guide  me  lest  I  stray. 

6  While  with  my  heart  and  tongue 
I  spread  thy  praise  abroad, 

Accept  the  worship  and  the  song, 
My  Saviour  and  my  God. 


112  THE    SPIRIT   AND    THE    WORD. 

140.  CM.  COWPER. 

The  Light  and  Glory  of  the  Word. 

1  The  Spirit  breathes  upon  the  word, 

And  brings  the  truth  to  sight ; 
Precepts  and  promises  afford 
A  sanctifying  light. 

2  A  glory  gilds  the  sacred  page, 

Majestic  like  the  sun  ; 
It  gives  a  light  to  every  age,  — 
]t  gives,  but  borrows  none. 

3  The  hand  that  gave  it  still  supplies 

The  gracious  light  and  heat; 
His  truths  upon  the  nations  rise,  — 
They  rise  but  never  set. 

4  Let  everlasting  thanks  be  thine, 

For  such  a  bright  display. 
As  makes  a  world  of  darkness  shine 
With  beams  of  heavenly  day. 

5  My  soul  rejoices  to  pursue 

The  steps  of  him  I  love, 
Till  glory  break  upon  my  view 
In  brighter  worlds  above. 

141.  L.  M.  Watts 
The  Books  of  Nature  and  Scripture  compared.     Ps.  19. 

1   The  heavens  declare  thy  glory.  Lord ; 
In  every  star  thy  wisdom  shines ; 
But  when  our  eyes  behold  thy  word. 
We  read  thy  name  in  fairer  lines. 


THE    SPIRIT    AND    THE    WORD.  113 

2  Great  Sun  of  Righteousness,  arise ; 
Bless  the  dark  world  with  heavenly  light; 
Thy  gospel  makes  the  simple  wise  ; 
Thy  laws  are  pure,  thy  judgments  right. 

3  Thy  noblest  wonders  here  we  view, 
In  souls  renewed  and  sins  forgiven  ; 
Lord,  cleanse  my  sins,  my  soul  renew, 
And  make  thy  word  my  guide  to  heaven. 


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II.     DIVINE    INFLUENCES. 


142.  S.M. 

Dependence. 

1  To  keep  the  lamp  alive, 
With  oil  we  fill  the  bowl ; 

'Tis  water  makes  the  willow  thrive, 
And  grace  that  feeds  the  soul. 

2  The  Lord's  unsparing  hand 
Supplies  the  living  stream  ; 

It  is  not  at  our  own  command, 
But  still  derived  from  him. 

3  Man's  wisdom  is  to  seek 
His  strength  in  God  alone  ; 

And  e'en  an  angel  would  be  weak, 
Who  trusted  in  his  own. 

4  Retreat  beneath  his  wings, 
And  in  his  grace  confide  ; 

This  more  exalts  the  King  of  kings 
Than  all  your  works  beside. 

5  In  Jesus  is  our  store ; 

Grace  issues  from  his  throne  ; 
Whoever  says,  "  I  want  no  more," 
Confesses  he  has  none. 


114 


COWPEK. 


DIVINE   INFLUENCES.  115 

143.  L.  M.  Rippon's  Col. 

Divine  Influence^  compared  to  Rain. 

1  As  showers  on  meadows  newly  mown, 
Our  God  shall  send  his  Spirit  down  ; 
Eternal  Source  of  grace  divine, 
What  soul-refreshing  drops  are  thine ! 

2  That  heavenly  influence  let  me  find 
In  holy  silence  of  the  mind, 

While  every  grace  maintains  its  bloom, 
Ditfusing  wide  its  rich  perfume. 

3  Nor  let  these  blessings  be  confined 
To  me,  but  poured  on  all  mankind. 
Till  earth's  wild  wastes  in  verdure  rise, 
And  a  young  Eden  bless  our  eyes. 

14:4:.  L.  M.  Doddridge. 

Living  Water. 

1  Blest  Saviour !  Source  of  grace  divine, 
What  soul-refreshing  streams  are  thine ! 
O,  bring  these  healing  waters  nigh, 

Or  we  must  droop  and  fall  and  die. 

2  No  traveller  through  desert  lands, 
'Midst  scorching  suns  and  burning  sands, 
More  eager  longs  for  cooling  rain, 

Or  pants  the  current  to  obtain. 

3  Our  longing  souls  aloud  would  sing, 

"  Spring  up,  celestial  fountain,  spring ; 

To  a  redundant  river  flow. 

And  cheer  this  thirsty  land  below." 


116  DIVINE    INFLUENCES. 

4  May  this  blest  torrent,  near  my  side, 
Through  all  the  desert  gently  glide, 
Then,  in  Immanuel's  land  above, 
Spread  to  a  sea  of  joy  and  love ! 

14:0.  L.  M.  DOUDKIDGE. 

God  shining  into  the  Heart. 

1  Praise  to  the  Lord  of  boundless  might, 
With  uncreated  glories  bright! 

His  presence  gilds  the  worlds  above ; 
The  unchanging  Source  of  light  and  love. 

2  Our  rising  earth  his  eye  beheld, 
When  in  substantial  darkness  veiled  ; 
"  Let  there  be  light,"  Jehovah  said. 
And  light  o'er  all  its  face  was  spread. 

3  He  sees  the  mind,  when  lost  it  lies 
In  shades  of  ignorance  and  vice, 
And  darts  from  heaven  a  vivid  ray, 
And  changes  midnight  into  day. 

.   4  Shine,  mighty  God,  with  vigor  shine, 
On  this  beniglited  heart  of  mine ; 
And  let  thy  glories  stand  revealed. 
As  in  the  Saviour's  face  beheld. 


146.  CM.  Jones  Veby. 

The  Light  from  icithin. 

1  I  SAW  on  earth  another  light 
Than  that  which  lit  my  eye, 
Come  fortii,  as  from  my  soul  within, 
And  from  a  higher  sky. 


DIVINE    INFLUENCES.  117 

2  Its  beams  still  shone  unclouded  on, 

When  in  the  distant  west 
The  sun  I  once  had  known  had  sunk 
For  ever  to  his  rest. 

3  And  on  I  walked,  though  dark  the  night. 

Nor  rose  his  orb  by  day ; 
As  one  to  whom  a  surer  guide 
Was  j3ointing  out  the  way. 

4  'Twas  brighter  far  than  noonday's  beam, 

It  shone  from  God  within  ; 
And  lit,  as  by  a  lamp  from  heaven, 
The  world's  dark  track  of  sin. 


I.  L.  M.  Dryden. 

Veni,  Creator  Spin'tus. 

1  Creator  Spirit !  by  whose  aid 

The  world's  foundations  first  were  laid, 
Come,  visit  every  pious  mind, 
Come,  pour  thy  joys  on  human  kind. 

2  Thrice  holy  Fount!  thrice  holy  Fire! 
Our  hearts  with  heavenly  love  inspire ; 
Come,  and  thy  sacred  unction  bring. 
To  sanctify  us  w^hile  we  sing. 

3  Plenteous  of  grace,  descend  from  high. 
Rich  in  thy  sevenfold  energy  ; 

From  sin  and  sorrow  set  us  free. 
And  make  thy  temples  worthy  thee. 

4  Refine  and  purge  our  earthly  paris  ; 
But,  O,  inflame  and  fire  our  hearts  ; 
Our  frailties  help,  our  vice  control, 
Submit  the  senses  to  the  soul. 


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118  DIVINE   INFLUENCES. 

5  Chase  from  our  minds  the  infernal  foe, 
And  )3eace,  the  fruit  of  love,  bestow ; 
And  lest  our  feet  should  step  astray, 
Protect  and  guide  us  in  the  way. 

6  Make  us  eternal  truths  receive, 
And  practise  all  that  we  believe ; 
Give  us  thyself,  that  we  may  see 
The  Father  and  the  Son  by  thee. 

148.  C.  M.  Doddridge. 

The  Influences  of  the  Spirit  desired. 

1  Great  Father  of  each  perfect  gift. 

Behold,  tliy  servants  wait ; 
With  longing  eyes  and  lifted  hands, 
We  flock  around  thy  gate. 

2  O,  shed  abroad  that  royal  gift. 

Thy  Spirit  from  above. 
To  bless  our  eyes  with  sacred  light, 
And  fire  our  hearts  with  love. 

3  With  speedy  flight  may  he  descend, 

And  solid  comfort  bring. 
And  o'er  our  languid  souls  extend 
His  all-reviving  wing. 

4  Blest  earnest  of  eternal  joy. 

Declare  our  sins  forgiven, 
And  bear  with  energy  divine 

Our  raptured  thougiits  to  heaven. 

5  Diffuse,  O  God  I  these  copious  showers, 

That  earth  its  fruit  may  yield  ; 
And  change  this  barren  wilderness 
To  Carmel's  flowery  field. 


DIVINE    INFLUENCES.  119 

49.  CM.  Watts. 

Breathing  after  the  Holy  Spirit. 

1  Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 

With  all  thy  quickening  powers, 
Kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love, 
In  these  cold  hearts  of  ours. 

2  Look,  how  we  grovel  here  below, 

Fond  of  these  trifling  toys  ! 
Our  souls  can  neither  tiy  nor  go 
To  reach  eternal  joys. 

3  In  vain  we  tune  our  formal  songs, 

In  vain  we  strive  to  rise  ; 
Hosannas  languish  on  our  tongues. 
And  our  devotion  dies. 

4  Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 

With  all  thy  quickening  powers  ; 
Come,  shed  abroad  a  Saviour's  love. 
And  that  shall  kindle  ours. 

50.  CM.  Salisbury  Col. 

Divine  Aid  implored. 

1  Thine  influence,  mighty  God,  is  felt, 

Through  nature's  ample  round  ; 
In  heaven,  on  earth,  through  air  and  skies. 
Thy  energy  is  found. 

2  Thy  sacred  influence.  Lord,  we  need, 

To  form  our  hearts  anew ; 
O,  cleanse  our  souls  from  every  sin, 
And  thy  salvation  show. 


120  DIVINE   INFLUENCES. 

3  Father  of  light,  thine  aid  impart, 

To  guide  our  doubtful  way; 
Thy  truth  shall  scatter  every  cloud, 
And  make  a  glorious  day. 

4  Supported  by  thy  heavenly  grace, 

We'll  do  and  bear  thy  will ; 
That  grace  shall  make  each  burden  light, 
And  every  murmur  still. 

5  Cheered  by  thy  smiles,  we'll  fearless  tread 

The  gloomy  path  of  death, 
And,  with  the  hopes  of  endless  bliss, 
To  thee  resign  our  breath. 


151.  L.  M.  Watts. 

The  Presence  and  Influence  of  God  desired. 

1  Come,  dearest  Lord,  descend  and  dwell 
By  faith  and  love  in  every  breast ; 
Then  shall  we  know  and  taste  and  feel 
The  joys  that  cannot  be  expressed. 

2  Come,  fill  our  hearts  with  inward  strength. 
Make  our  enlarged  souls  possess 

And  learn  the  height  and  breadth  and  length 
Of  thine  unmeasurable  grace. 

3  Now  to  the  God  whose  power  can  do 
More  than  our  thoughts  or  wishes  know. 
Be  everlasting  honors  done 

By  all  the  church,  through  Christ  his  Son. 


DIVINE   INFLUENCES.  121 


C.  M.  Cappe's  Selection. 

Prayer  for  spiritual  and  eternal  Blessings. 

Eternal  Source  of  life  and  light, 

Supremely  good  and  wise, 
To  thee  we  bring  our  grateful  vows, 

To  thee  lift  up  our  eyes. 

Our  dark  and  erring  minds  illume 

With  truth's  celestial  rays ; 
Inspire  our  hearts  with  sacred  love, 

And  tune  our  lips  to  praise. 

Safely  conduct  us,  by  thy  grace. 
Through  life's  perplexing  road, 

And  place  us,  when  that  journey's  o'er. 
At  thy  right  hand,  O  (^od  I 


153.  8s,  7s,  4s  M.  Rippon's  Col. 

A  Blessing  requested. 

1  Come,  thou  soul-transforming  Spirit, 

Bless  the  sower  and  the  seed ; 
Let  each  heart  thy  grace  inherit ; 
Raise  the  weak,  the  hungry  feed ; 

From  the  gospel 
Now  supply  thy  people's  need. 

2  O,  may  all  enjoy  the  blessing 

Which  thy  word's  designed  to  give; 
Let  us  all,  thy  love  possessing. 
Joyfully  the  truth  receive; 

And  for  ever 
To  thy  praise  and  glory  live. 


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122  DIVINE   INFLUENCES. 

154.  C.  M.  Doddridge. 

SeeMng  the  Knowledge  of  God. 

1  Shine  forth,  eternal  Source  of  light, 

And  make  thy  glories  known; 
Fill  our  enlarged,  adoring  sight 
With  lustre  all  thy  own. 

2  Vain  are  the  charms,  and  faint  the  rays, 

The  brightest  creatures  boast ; 
And  all  their  grandeur  and  their  praise 
Is  in  thy  presence  lost. 

3  To  know  the  Author  of  our  frame 

Is  our  sublimest  skill ; 
True  science  is  to  read  thy  name, 
True  life,  to  obey  thy  will. 

4  For  this  I  long,  for  this  I  pray, 

And  following  on  pursue, 
Till  visions  of  eternal  day 
Fix  and  complete  the  view. 


155.  c.  M. 

Prayer  for  Prudence  and  Wisdom. 


Smart. 


1  Father  of  light,  conduct  my  feet 

Through  life's  dark,  dangerous  road; 
Let  each  advancing  step  still  bring 
Me  nearer  to  my  God. 

2  Let  heaven-eyed  prudence  be  my  guide; 

And  when  I  go  astray, 
Recall  my  feet  from  folly's  path, 
To  wisdom's  better  way. 


DIVINE   INFLUENCES.  123 

3  Teach  me,  in  every  various  scene, 

To  keejD  my  end  in  sight; 
And,  while  I  tread  life's  mazy  track, 
Let  wisdom  guide  me  right. 

4  That  heavenly  wisdom  from  above, 

Abundantly  impart; 
And  let  it  guard  and  guide  and  warm 
And  penetrate  my  heart, — 

5  Till  it  shall  lead  me  to  thyself, 

Fountain  of  bliss  and  love. 
And  all  my  darkness  be  dispersed 
In  endless  light  above. 

156.  lOsM.  {^J^:i^ 

Imploring  divine  Light. 

1  O  THOU  whose  power  o'er   moving  worlds   pre- 

sides. 
Whose  voice  created,  and  whose  wisdom  guides, 
On  darkling  man  in  pure  effulgence  shine. 
And  cheer  the  clouded  mind  with  light  divine. 

2  'Tis  thine  alone  to  calm  the  pious  breast, 
With  silent  confidence  and  holy  rest ; 

From  thee,  great    God,  we  spring,  to  thee  we 

tend, 
Path,  motive,  guide,  original,  and  end. 


157.  L.M. 

Teachings  of  the  Spirit. 


Beddome. 


Comb,  blessed  Spirit,  Source  of  light, 
Whose  power  and  grace  are  unconfined, 
Dispel  the  gloomy  shades  of  night. 
The  thicker  darkness  of  the  mind. 


124:  DIVINE   INFLUENCES. 

2  To  mine  illumined  eyes  display 
The  glorious  truth  thy  word  reveals; 
Cause  me  to  run  the  heavenly  way ; 
The  book  unfold,  unloose  the  seals. 

3  Thine  inward  teachings  make  me  know, 
The  mysteries  of  redeeming  love, 
The  emptiness  of  things  below. 
The  excellence  of  things  above. 

4  While  through  this  dubious  maze  I  stray. 
Spread,  like  the  sun,  thy  beams  abroad, 
To  show  the  dangers  of  the  way, 

And  guide  my  feeble  steps  to  God. 

158.  p.  M.  Missal. 

Ve)ii,  Spiritus  Sancte. 

1  Holy  Spirit,  Lord  of  light, 
From  thy  clear  celestial  height. 
Thy  pure  beaming  radiance  give; 
Come,  thou  Father  of  the  poor, 
Come  with  treasures  which  endure ; 
Come,  thou  Light  of  all  that  live ! 

2  Thou  of  all  consolers  best. 
Visiting  the  troubled  breast. 
Dost  refreshing  peace  bestow ; 
Thou  in  toil  art  comfort  sweet. 
Pleasant  coolness  in  the  heat, 
Solace  in  the  midst  of  woe. 

3  Light  immortal.  Light  divine, 
Visit  thou  these  hearts  of  thine, 
And  our  inmost  being  fill ; 

If  thou  take  thy  grace  away. 
Nothing  pure  in  man  can  stay, 
And  his  good  is  turned  to  ill. 


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DIVINE   INFLUENCES.  125 

4  Thou  on  those  who  evermore 
Thee  confess  and  thee  adore, 
In  thy  sevenfold  gifts  descend ; 
Give  them  comfort  when  they  die, 
Give  them  life  with  thee  on  high, 
Give  them  joys  which  never  end. 

d.  L.  M.  Browne. 

The  Spirit  of  all  Grace. 

1  Come,  gracious  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
With  light  and  comfort  from  above  ; 
Be  thou  our  guardian,  thou  our  guide, 
O'er  every  thought  and  step  preside. 

2  The  light  of  truth  to  us  display. 

And  make  us  know  and  choose  thy  way; 

Plant  holy  fear  in  every  heart, 

That  we  from  God  may  ne'er  depart. 

3  Lead  us  to  holiness,  the  road 

That  we  must  take  to  dwell  with  God  ; 
Lead  us  to  Christ,  the  living  way, 
Nor  let  us  from  his  precepts  stray. 

4  Lead  us  to  God,  our  final  rest. 
In  his  enjoyment  to  be  blessed ; 
Lead  us  to  heaven,  the  seat  of  bliss, 
Where  pleasure  in  perfection  is. 

3.  L.  M.  Lyra  Cath. 

Holy  Spirit. 

1  Come,  O  Creator,  Spirit  blest! 
And  in  our  souls  take  up  thy  rest ; 
Come,  with  thy  grace  and  heavenly  aid. 
To  fill  the  hearts  which  thou  hast  made. 


126  DIVINE   INFLUENCES. 

2  Great  Paraclete !  to  thee  we  cry : 
O  highest  gift  of  God  most  high ! 
O  fount  of  life!    O  fire  of  love! 
And  sweet  anointing  from  above! 

3  Kindle  our  senses  from  above, 

And  make  our  hearts  o'ertlow  with  love; 
With  patience  firm,  and  virtue  high, 
The  weakness  of  our  flesh  supply. 

4  Far  from  us  drive  the  foe  we  dread. 
And  grant  us  thy  true  peace  instead ; 
So  shall  we  not,  with  thee  for  guide. 
Turn  from  the  path  of  life  aside. 

161.  L.  M.  Lyra  Cath. 

The  Comforter. 

1   HEALTH  of  the  weak,  to  make  them  strong! 
Refuge  of  sinners,  and  their  song ! 
Comfort  of  each  afllicted  breast! 
Haven  of  hope  in  realms  of  rest! 

'Z  Lord  of  the  patriarchs  gone  before ! 
Light  of  the  jjrophets'  learned  lore! 
Deign  from  thy  throne  to  look  on  me, 
And  hear  my  lowly  litany. 

3  Lead  me,  O  Spirit!  to  the  Son, 

To  taste  and  feel  what  he  has  done ; 
To  lay  me  low  before  his  cross. 
And  reckon  all  besides  as  dross. 

4  To  speak  and  think,  and  will  and  move. 
And  love  as  thou  wouldst  have  me  love: 
O,  look  upon  this  bended  knee, 

And  hear  my  heart's  own  litany ! 


DIVINE   INFLUENCES.  127 

162.  L.  M.  Henry  Mooke. 

Wisdojn  and  Virtue  sought  from  God. 

1  Supreme  and  universal  Light! 
Fountain  of  reason  !  Judge  of  right ! 
Parent  of  good  I  whose  blessings  flow 
On  all  above  and  all  below, — 

2  Assist  us,  Lord,  to  act,  to  be. 
What  nature  and  thy  laws  decree ; 
Worthy  that  intellectual  flame, 
Which  from  thy  breathing  spirit  came. 

3  May  our  expanded  souls  disclaim 
The  narrow  view,  the  selfish  aim, 
But  with  a  Christian  zeal  embrace 
Whate'er  is  friendly  to  our  race. 

4  O  Father,  grace  and  virtue  grant : 
No  more  we  wish,  no  more  we  wajit ; 
To  know,  to  serve  thee,  and  to  love. 
Is  peace  below,  is  bliss  above. 

J- Do.  L.  M.  Henry  Moore. 

For  Steadiness  of  Principle. 

1  Amidst  a  world  of  hopes  and  fears, 
A  wild  of  cares  and  toils  and  tears, 
Where  foes  alarm,  and  dangers  threat. 
And  pleasures  kill,  and  glories  cheat, — 

2  Shed  down,  O  Lord  !    a  heavenly  ray. 
To  guide  me  in  the  doubtful  way ; 
And  o'er  me  hold  thy  shield  of  power, 
To  guard  me  in  the  dangerous  hour. 


128  DIVINE    INFLUENCES. 

8  Teach  me  the  flattering  paths  to  shun, 
In  which  the  thoughtless  many  run, 
Who  for  a  shade  the  substance  miss, 
And  grasp  their  ruin  in  their  bliss. 

4  May  never  pleasure,  wealth,  or  pride. 
Allure  my  wandering  soul  aside, 
But,  through  this  maze  of  mortal  ill. 
Safe  lead  me  to  thy  heavenly  hill. 

164.  7s  M.  Merrick. 

Seeking  a  dean  Heart.     Ps.  19. 

1  Blest  Instructor,  from  thy  ways 
Who  can  tell  how  oft  he  strays  ? 
Purge  me  from  the  guilt  that  lies 
Wrapped  within  my  heart's  disguise. 

2  Let  my  tongue,  from  error  free, 
Speak  the  words  approved  by  thee ; 
To  thy  all-observing  eyes 

Let  my  thoughts  accepted  rise. 

3  While  I  thus  thy  name  adore. 
And  thy  healing  grace  implore. 
Blest  Redeemer,  bow  thine  ear  ; 
God,  my  strength,  propitious  hear. 

loo.  L.  M.  Doddridge. 

Choice  of  the  better  Part. 

1  Beset  with  snares  on  every  hand, 
In  life's  uncertain  path  I  stand  ; 
Saviour  divine,  diffuse  thy  light. 
To  guide  my  doubtful  footsteps  right. 


DIVINE   INFLUENCES.  129 

2  Engage  this  roving,  treacherous  heart 
To  fix  on  Mary's  better  part, 

To  scorn  the  trifles  of  a  day 

For  joys  that  none  can  take  away. 

3  Then  let  the  wildest  storms  arise. 
Let  tempests  mingle  earth  and  skies, 
No  fatal  shipwreck  shall  I  fear. 

But  all  my  treasures  with  me  bear. 

4  If  thou,  my  Saviour,  still  be  nigh, 
Cheerful  I  live,  and  joyful  die  ; 
Secure,  when  mortal  comforts  flee, 
To  find  ten  thousand  worlds  in  thee. 

166.  C.  M.  Watts. 

Prayer  for  quickening  Grace.     Ps.  119. 

1  My  soul  lies  cleaving  to  the  dust ; 

Lord,  give  me  life  divine ; 
From  vain  desires  and  every  lust 
Turn  off"  these  eyes  of  mine. 

2  I  need  the  influence  of  thy  grace, 

To  speed  me  in  my  way, 
Lest  I  should  loiter  in  my  race, 
Or  turn  my  feet  astray. 

3  When  sore  afflictions  press  me  down, 

I  need  thy  quickening  powers ; 
Thy  word,  that  I  have  rested  on, 
Shall  help  my  heaviest  hours. 

4  Then  shall  I  love  thy  gospel  more. 

And  ne'er  forget  thy  word. 
When  I  have  felt  its  quickening  power 
To  draw  me  near  the  Lord. 
9 


III.     FRUIT   OF   THE    SPIRIT. 


167.  C.  M.  MONTGOMKRY. 

What  is  Prayer? 

1  Prayer  is  the  soul's  sincere  desire, 

Uttered  or  unexpressed, 
The  motion  of  a  hidden  fire, 
That  trembles  in  the  breast. 

2  Prayer  is  the  simplest  form  of  speech 

That  infant  lips  can  try  ; 
Prayer,  the  sublimest  strains  that  reach 
The  Majesty  on  high. 

3  Prayer  is  the  Christian's  vital  breath, 

The  Christian's  native  air. 
His  watchword  at  the  gates  of  death  ; 
He  enters  heaven  with  prayer. 

4  Prayer  is  the  contrite  sinner's  voice, 

Returning  from  his  ways; 
While  angels  in  their  songs  rejoice. 
And  cry,  "  Behold,  he  prays  I " 

5  The  saints  in  prayer  appear  as  one 

In  word  and  deed  and  mind ; 
While  with  the  Father  and  the  Son 
Sweet  fellowship  they  find. 

6  O  thou  by  whom  we  come  to  God, 

The  Life,  tiie  Truth,  the  Way  ! 
The  path  of  prayer  thyself  hast  trod. 
Lord,  teach  us  how  to  pray. 
130 


DEVOUT    AFFECTIONS.  131 


168.  C.  M.  Watts. 

Prayer  and  Hope.     Ps.  27. 

1  Soon  as  I  heard  my  Father  say, 

"  Ye  children,  seek  my  grace," 
My  heart  replied  without  delay, 
"  I'll  seek  my  Father's  face." 

2  Should  friends  and  kindred,  near  and  dear. 

Leave  me  to  want  or  die, 
My  God  would  make  my  life  his  care, 
And  all  my  need  supply. 

3  My  fainting  flesh  had  died  with  grief, 

Had  not  my  soul  believed 
To  see  thy  grace  provide  relief; 
Nor  was  my  hope  deceived. 

4  Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye  trembling  saints, 

And  keep  your  courage  up ; 
He'll  raise  your  spirit  when  it  faints, 
And  far  exceed  your  hope. 


169.  7s  &  6s  M.  Methodist. 

Quiet  Worship. 

1   Open,  Lord,  mine  inward  ear, 

And  bid  my  heart  rejoice ; 
Bid  my  quiet  spirit  hear 

The  comfort  of  thy  voice  ; 
Never  in  the  whirlwind  found. 
Or  where  earthquakes  rock  the  place, 
Still  and  silent  is  the  sound. 

The  whisper  of  thy  grace. 


132  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 

2  From  the  world  of  sin  and  noise 

And  hurry  I  withdraw ; 
For  the  small  and  inward  voice 

I  wait  with  humble  awe ; 
Silent  am  I  now,  and  still, 
Will  not  in  thy  presence  move  ; 
To  my  waiting  soul  reveal 

The  secret  of  thy  love ! 

±70.  C.  M.  H.  M.  Williams. 

Habitual  Devotion. 

1  While  thee  I  seek,  protecting  Power, 

Be  my  vain  wishes  stilled  ; 

And  may  this  consecrated  hour 

With  better  hopes  be  filled. 

2  Thy  love  the  powers  of  thought  bestowed ; 

To  thee  my  thoughts  would  soar: 
Thy  mercy  o'er  my  life  has  flowed ; 
That  mercy  1  adore. 

3  In  each  event  of  life,  how  clear 

Thy  ruling  hand  I  see  I 
Each  blessing  to  my  soul  more  dear, 
Because  conferred  by  thee. 

4  In  every  joy  that  crowns  my  days, 

In  every  pain  I  bear. 
My  heart  shall  find  delight  in  praise, 
Or  seek  relief  in  prayer. 

5  When  gladness  wings  my  favored  hour. 

Thy  love  my  thoughts  shall  fill ; 
Resigned,  when  storms  of  sorrow  lower, 
My  soul  shall  meet  thy  will. 


DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS.  133 

6  My  lifted  eye,  without  a  tear, 
The  gathering  storm  shall  see : 
My  steadfast  heart  shall  know  no  fear ; 
That  heart  shall  rest  on  thee. 


L.  C.   M.  MOXTGO.MERY. 

Preparation  of  the  Heart. 

1  Lord,  teach  us  how  to  pray  aright. 

With  reverence  and  with  fear ; 

Though  dust  and  ashes  in  thy  sight, 

We  may,  we  must,  draw  near. 

2  Burdened  with  guilt,  convinced  of  sin. 

In  weakness,  want,  and  woe, 
Fightings  without  and  fears  within, 
Lord,  whither  shall  we  go  ? 

3  God  of  all  grace,  we  come  to  thee, 

With  broken,  contrite  hearts ; 
Give  what  thine  eye  delights  to  see, 
Truth  in  the  inward  parts. 

4  Give  deep  humility ;  the  sense 

Of  godly  sorrow  give  ; 
A  strong  desiring  confidence 
To  hear  thy  voice  and  live ; 

5  Patience  to  watch  and  wait  and  weep. 

Though  mercy  long  delay  ; 
Courage,  our  fainting  souls  to  keep. 
And  trust  thee,  though  thou  slay,  — 

6  Give  these,  and  then  thy  will  be  done ; 

Thus  strengthened  with  all  might. 
We,  by  thy  Spirit  and  thy  Son, 
Shall  pray,  and  pray  aright. 


134  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 

172.  CM.  H.    H.    M.LMAN. 

Praying  for  divine  Help. 

1  Oh  help  us,  Lord !  each  hour  of  need 

Thy  heavenly  succor  give; 
Help  us  in  thought  and  word  and  deed 
Each  hour  on  earth  we  live. 

2  Oh  help  us,  when  our  spirits  bleed. 

With  contrite  anguish  sore. 
And,  when  our  hearts  are  cold  and  dead. 
Oh  help  us.  Lord,  the  more. 

3  Oh  help  us,  through  the  prayer  of  faith. 

More  firmly  to  believe  ; 
For  still  the  more  the  servant  hath. 
The  more  shall  he  receive. 

4  Oh,  help  us.  Father !  from  on  high  ; 

We  know  no  help  but  thee  ; 
Oh !  help  us  so  to  live  and  die 
As  thine  in  heaven  to  be. 


173.  L.M. 

Abide  with  me. 


Lyte. 


Abide  with  me,  fast  falls  the  even-tide ; 
The  darkness  thickens;  Lord,  with  me  abide; 
While  other  heljiers  fail,  and  comforts  flee, 
Help  of  the  helpless,  O  abide  with  me. 

Swift  to  its  close  ebbs  out  life's  little  day ; 
Earth's  joys  grow  dim,  its  glories  pass  away ; 
Change  and  decay  in  all  around  I  see  ; 
O  thou  who  changest  not,  abide  with  me. 


DEVOUT    AFFECTIONS.  135 

3  Come  not  in  terrors  as  the  King  of  kings, 

But  kind  and  good,  with  healing  on  thy  wings  ; 
Tears  for  all  woes,  a  heart  for  every  plea. 
Come,  friend  of  sinners,  thus  abide  with  me. 

4  Thou  on  my  head  in  early  youth  didst  smile; 
And,  though  rebellious  and  perverse  meanwhile, 
Thou  hast  not  left  me,  oft  as  I  left  thee ; 

O,  to  the  close,  O  Lord !  abide  with  me. 

5  I  need  thy  presence  every  passing  hour  : 

What   but   thy   grace    can    foil    the    tempter's 

power  ? 
Who  like  thyself  my  guide  and  stay  can  be  ? 
Through  cloud  and  sunshine,  O,  abide  with  me. 

6  I  fear  no  foe  with  thee  at  hand  to  bless. 
Ills  have  no  weight  and  tears  no  bitterness  ; 
Where   is    Death's   sting  ?      Where,    Grave,   thy 

victory  ? 
I  triumph  still  if  thou  abide  with  me. 

7  Hold  thou  thy  cross  before  my  closing  eyes ; 
Shine  through  the  gloom  and  point  me  to  the 

skies ; 

Heaven's  morning  breaks,  and  earth's  vain  shad- 
ows flee ; 

In  life,  in  death,  O  Lord !  abide  with  me. 


174.  6s  &  10s  M.  Jones  Very. 

Desire  for  God's  Presence. 

1  Wilt  thou  not  visit  me  ? 
The  plant  beside  me  feels  thy  gentle  dew ; 

Each  blade  of  grass  I  see. 
From  thy  deep  earth  its  quickening  moisture  drew. 


136  DEVOUT    AFFECTIONS. 

2  Wilt  thou  not  visit  me  ? 
The  morning  calls  on  me  with  cheering  tone  ; 

And  every  hill  and  tree 
Lend  but  one  voice,  —  the  voice  of  thee  alone. 

3  Come !  for  I  need  thy  love, 
More  than  the  flower  the  dew,  or  grass  the  rain ; 

Come,  like  thy  holy  Dove, 
And  let  me  in  thy  sight  rejoice  to  live  again.  i  I 

4  Yes,  thou  wilt  visit  me  ; 

Nor  plant  nor  tree  thine  eye  delights  so  well, 

As  when,  from  sin  set  free, 
Man's  spirit  comes  with  thine  in  peace  to  dwell. 


175.  S.  M.  Kay  Palmee. 

A  present  God. 

1  Smile,  O  my  God  !  on  me  ; 
Thy  presence  let  me  feel ; 

My  soul  thy  glory  longs  to  see, 
Thyself  in  me  reveal. 

2  I  would  not  wait  for  heaven  ; 
Heaven  may  begin  below  ; 

To  every  new-born  soul  'tis  given 
A  present  God  to  know. 

3  The  vision  of  thy  face 
Fresh  life  and  joy  inspires; 

While  o'er  my  spirit  flows  the  grace 
That  kindles  all  her  fires. 

4  Though  on  my  saddened  heart 
The  gloom  of  night  should  lie. 

Faith  shall  not  fail  nor  hope  depart, 
If  I  but  feel  thee  nigh. 


DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS.  137 

5     When  earth's  fleet  years  are  past, 
And  I  no  more  shall  roam, 
Give  me,  ray  God,  to  find  at  last 
With  thee  my  changeless  home. 


8s  &  7s  M.  Wesley. 

Heavenly  Love. 

Love  divine,  all  love  excelling, 

Joy  of  heaven,  to  earth  come  down ; 
Live  in  us  thy  humble  dwelling. 

All  thy  faithful  mercies  crown. 
Father,  thou  art  all  compassion. 

Pure,  unbounded  love  thou  art; 
Visit  us  with  thy  salvation. 

Enter  every  longing  heart. 

Breathe,  oh  !  breathe  thy  loving  Spirit 

Into  every  troubled  breast ; 
Let  us  all  thy  peace  inherit. 

Let  us  find  thy  promised  rest. 
Thee  we  would  be  always  blessing, 

Serve  thee  as  thine  host  above  ; 
Pray,  and  praise  thee  without  ceasing, 

Glory  in  thy  boundless  love. 

Finish,  then,  thy  new  creation  ; 

Pure  and  spotless  let  us  be ; 
Let  us  see  our  whole  salvation. 

Perfectly  restored  in  thee ; 
Changed  jProm  glory  unto  glory. 

Till  in  heaven  our  songs  we  raise ; 
Till  we  cast  our  crowns  before  thee, 

Lost  in  wonder,  love,  and  praise. 


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138  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 


111.  L.  M.  From  St.  Bernard. 

Jestis  the  Life  of  Men. 

1  Jesus,  thou  Joy  of  loving  hearts ! 

Thou  Fount  of  life!    thou  Light  of  men! 
From  the  best  bliss  that  earth  imparts 
We  turn  unfilled  to  thee  again. 

2  Thy  truth  unchanged  hath  ever  stood ; 
Thou  savest  those  that  on  thee  call ; 
To  them  that  seek  thee  thou  art  good, 
To  them  that  find  thee,  all  in  all. 

3  We  taste  thee,  O  thou  Living  Bread, 
And  long  to  feast  upon  thee  still ! 

We  drink  of  thee,  the  Fountain  Head, 
And  thirst  our  souls  from  thee  to  fill ! 

4  Our  restless  spirits  yearn  for  thee. 
Where'er  our  changeful  lot  is  cast ; 
Glad,  when  thy  gracious  smile  we  see, 
Blest,  when  our  faith  can  hold  thee  fast. 

5  O  Jesus !   ever  with  us  stay, 

Make  all  our  moments  calm  and  bright; 
Chase  the  dark  night  of  sin  away. 
Shed  o'er  the  world  thy  holy  light. 

178.  L.M.     6  lines.  {^^^^l.^ 

1  Thee  will  I  love,  my  strength,  my  tower ; 
Thee  will  I  love,  my  joy,  my  crown  ; 
Thee  will  I  love  with  all  my  power 
In  all  thy  works,  and  thee  alone ;  l 

Thee  will  I  love  till  sacred  fire  t 

Fills  my  whole  soul  with  pure  desire. 


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DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS.  139 

2  I  thank  thee,  uncreated  Sun, 

That  thy  bright  beams  on  me  have  shined ; 
I  thank  thee,  who  hast  overthrown 
My  foes  and  healed  my  wounded  mind ; 
I  thank  thee,  whose  enlivening  voice 
Bids  my  freed  heart  in  thee  rejoice. 

3  Uphold  me  in  the  upward  race, 
Nor  suffer  me  again  to  stray  ; 
Strengthen  my  feet  with  steady  pace. 
Still  to  press  forward  in  thy  way: 

Let  all  my  powers,  with  all  their  might. 
In  thy  sole  glory  now  unite. 

4  Thee  will  I  love,  my  joy,  my  crown  ; 
Thee  will  I  love,  my  Lord,  my  God*, 
Thee  will  I  love  beneath  thy  frown 
Or  smile,  thy  sceptre  or  thy  rod  ; 
What  though  my  flesh  and  heart  decay, 
Thee  shall  I  love  in  endless  day. 

179.  L.  M.  Kyle's  Col. 

Cast  your  cares  upon  Him. 

1  Hast  thou  within  a  care  so  deep, 
It  chases  from  thine  eyelids  sleep  ? 
To  thy  Redeemer  take  that  care. 
And  change  anxiety  to  prayer. 

2  Hast  thou  a  hope  with  which  thy  heart 
Would  almost  ieel  it  death  to  part  ? 
Entreat  thy  God  that  hope  to  crown. 
Or  give  thee  strength  to  lay  it  down. 

3  Hast  thou  a  friend  whose  image  dear 
May  prove  an  idol  worshipped  here  ? 
Implore  the  Lord  that  nought  may  be 
A  shadow  between  heaven  and  thee. 


140  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 

•  I 
4  Whate'er  the  care  which  breaks  thy  rest,      '  I 
Whate'er  the  wish  that  swells  thy  breast. 
Spread  before  God  that  wish,  that  care,        ■ 
And  change  anxiety  to  prayer.  ' 

180.  10s  M.  Lyte. 

Christ  our  Home. 

1  Long  did  I  toil,  and  knew  no  earthly  rest ; 
Far  did  I  rove,  and  found  no  certain  home; 
At  last  I  sought  them  in  his  sheltering  breast, 
Who  opes  his  arms  and  bids  the  weary  come : 
With  him  I  found  a  home,  a  rest  divine  ; 
And  1  since  then  am  his  and  he  is  mine. 

2  The  good  I  have  is  from  his  stores  supplied  ; 
The  ill  is  only  what  he  deems  the  best ; 

He  for  my  friend,  I'm  rich  with  nought  beside  ; 
And  poor  without  him,  though  of  all  possessed : 
Changes  may  come ;  I  take  or  I  resign  ; 
Content,  while  I  am  his  and  he  is  mine. 

3  Whate'er  may  change,  in  him  no  change  is  seen  ; 
A  glorious  Sun  that  wanes  not  nor  declines, 
Above  the  clouds  and  storms  he  walks  serene, 
And  sweetly  on  his  people's  darkness  shines: 
All  may  depart ;  I  fret  not,  nor  repine, 

While  I  my  Saviour's  am,  while  He  is  mine. 

4  While  here,  alas  !  I  know  but  half  his  love, 
But  half  discern  him,  and  but  half  adore ; 
But,  when  I  meet  him  in  the  realms  above, 
I  hope  to  love  him  better,  praise  him  more. 
And  feel  and  tell,  amid  the  choir  divine, 
How  fully  I  am  his  and  he  is  mine. 


DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS.  141 

C.  M.  Watts. 

God  our  Joy. 

1  My  God !  the  spring  of  all  my  joys, 

The  life  of  my  delights, 
The  glory  of  my  brightest  days, 
And  comfort  of  my  nights ! 

2  In  darkest  shades,  if  he  appear, 

My  dawning  is  begun  ! 
He  is  my  soul's  sweet  morning  star, 
And  he  my  rising  sun. 

3  The  opening  heavens  around  me  shine, 

With  beams  of  sacred  bliss. 
While  Jesus  shows  his  heart  is  mine. 
And  whispers,  "  I  am  his !  " 

4  My  soul  would  leave  this  heavy  clay, 

At  that  transporting  word. 
Run  up  with  joy  the  shining  way, 
To  embrace  my  dearest  Lord. 

5  Fearless  of  hell  and  ghastly  death, 

I'd  break  through  every  foe ; 
The  wings  of  love  and  arms  of  faith 
Should  bear  me  conqueror  through. 

2.  C.  M.  BONAR. 

The  Voice  of  Jesus. 

1  I  HEARD  the  voice  of  Jesus  say, 
Come  unto  me  and  rest ; 
Lay  down,  thou  weary  one,  lay  down 
Thy  head  upon  my  breast. 


142  DEVOUT    AFFECTIONS. 

I  came  to  Jesus  as  I  was, 

Weary  and  worn  and  sad ; 
I  found  in  him  a  resting-place, 

And  he  has  made  me  glad. 

2  I  heard  the  voice  of  Jesus  say. 

Behold,  I  freely  give 
The  living  water :  thirsty  one, 

Stoop  down  and  drink,  and  live. 
I  came  to  Jesus,  and  I  drank 

Of  that  life-giving  stream  ; 
My  thirst  was  quenched,  my  soul  revived, 

And  now  I  live  in  him. 

8  I  heard  the  voice  of  .Jesus  say, 

I  am  this  dark  world's  light ; 
Look  unto  me,  tiiy  morn  shall  rise, 

And  all  thy  day  be  bright. 
I  looked  to  Jesus,  and  I  found 

In  him  my  star,  my  sun  ; 
And  in  that  light  of  life  I'll  walk, 

Till  travelling  days  are  done. 


183.  S.  M.  Weslet. 

Our  Helper  God. 

1  Thou  seest  my  feebleness  ; 
Father  I  be  thou  my  j)ower  ! 

My  help  and  refuge  in  distress, 
My  fortress  and  my  tower ! 

2  Give  me  to  trust  in  thee; 
Be  thou  my  sure  abode ; 

My  helm  and  sword  and  buckler  be, 
My  Saviour  and  my  God ! 


DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS.  143 

3  Myself  I  cannot  save, 
Myself  I  cannot  keep ; 

But  strength  in  thee  I  surely  have, 
Whose  eyelids  never  sleep. 

4  My  soul  to  thee  alone 
For  always  I  commend ; 

O  take  me.  Father,  for  thine  own, 
And  keep  me  to  the  end. 

4.  C.  M.  Fabeb. 

Sweet  Will  of  God. 

1  I  WORSHIP  thee,  sweet  will  of  God ! 

And  all  thy  ways  adore. 
And  every  day  I  live,  I  long 
To  love  thee  more  and  more. 

2  Man's  weakness  waiting  upon  God, 

Its  end  can  never  miss. 
For  men  on  earth  no  work  can  do 
More  angel-like  than  this. 

3  He  always  wins  who  sides  with  God, 

To  him  no  chance  is  lost ; 
God's  will  is  sweetest  to  him  when 
It  triumphs  at  his  cost. 

4  111  that  God  blesses  is  our  good, 

And  unblest  good  is  ill ; 
And  all  is  right  that  seems  most  wrong. 
If  it  be  his  dear  will ! 

5  When  obstacles  and  trials  seem 

Like  prison-walls  to  be, 
I  do  the  little  I  can  do. 
And  leave  the  rest  to  thee. 


144  DEVOUT    AFFECTIONS. 

6  I  have  no  cares,  O  blessed  Will! 
For  all  my  cares  are  thine ; 
I  live  in  triumph,  Lord!  for  thou 
Hast  made  thy  triumphs  mine. 

185.  C.  M.  Faber. 

Perfection. 

1  God  only  is  the  creatures'  home. 

Though  long  and  rough  the  road ; 
Yet  notiiing  less  can  satisfy 
The  love  that  longs  for  God. 

2  O,  utter  but  the  name  of  God, 

Down  in  your  heart  of  hearts, 
And  see  how  from  the  world  at  once 
All  tempting  light  departs. 

3  A  trusting  heart,  a  yearning  eye, 

Can  win  their  way  above  ; 
If  mountains  can  be  moved  by  faith, 
Is  there  less  power  in  love  ? 

4  How  little  of  that  road,  my  soul. 

How  little  hast  thou  gone ! 
Take  heart,  and  let  the  thought  of  God 
Allure  thee  further  on. 

5  Be  docile  to  thine  unseen  Guide, 

Love  him  as  he  loves  thee  ; 

Time  and  obedience  are  enough. 

And  thou  a  saint  shalt  be ! 


DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS.  145 

186.  S.  M.  Watts. 

Heavenly  Joy  on  Earth. 

1  Come,  we  that  love  the  Lord, 
And  let  our  joys  be  known  ; 

Join  in  a  song  with  sweet  accord, 
And  thus  surround  the  throne. 

2  Let  those  refuse  to  sing, 
That  never  knew  our  God ; 

But  children  of  the  heavenly  King 
May  speak  their  joys  abroad. 

3  This  awful  God  is  ours. 
Our  Father  and  our  Love ; 

He  shall  send  down  his  heavenly  powers 
To  carry  us  above. 

4  There  shall  we  see  his  face, 
And  never,  never  sin; 

There,  from  the  rivers  of  his  grace, 
Drink  endless  pleasures  in. 

5  Yes,  and  before  we  rise 
To  that  immortal  state. 

The  thoughts  of  such  amazing  bliss 
Should  constant  joys  create. 

6  The  men  of  grace  have  found 
Glory  begun  below ; 

Celestial  fruits  on  earthly  ground 
From  faith  and  hope  may  grow. 

7  Then  let  our  songs  abound, 
And  every  tear  be  dry  ; 

We're  marching,  through  Immanuel's  ground, 
To  fairer  worlds  on  high. 
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146  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 


187.  7s  &  6s  M.  CowPER. 

Joy  and  Peace  in  believing. 

1  Sometimes  a  light  surprises 

The  Christian  while  he  sings; 
It  is  the  Lord,  who  rises 

With  healing  on  his  wings; 
When  comforts  are  declining, 

He  grants  the  soul  again 
A  season  of  clear  shining, 

To  cheer  it  after  rain. 

2  In  holy  contemplation, 

We  sweetly  then  pursue 
The  theme  of  God's  salvation, 

And  find  it  ever  new ; 
Set  free  from  present  sorrow. 

We  cheerfully  can  say, 
E'en  let  the  unknown  to-morrow 

Bring  with  it  what  it  may. 

3  It  can  bring  with  it  nothing 

But  he  will  bear  us  through ; 
Who  gives  the  lilies  clothing 

Will  clothe  his  people  too ; 
Beneath  the  spreading  heavens 

No  creature  but  is  fed ; 
And  he  who  feeds  the  ravens 

Will  give  his  children  bread. 

4  Though  vine  nor  fig-tree  neither  ' 

Their  wonted  fruit  shall  bear. 
Though  all  the  field  should  wither, 
Nor  flocks  nor  herds  be  there ; 


DEVOUT    AFFECTIONS.  147 

Yet  God  the  same  abiding, 

His  praise  shall  tune  my  voice ; 

For,  while  in  him  confiding, 
I  cannot  but  rejoice. 

188.  C.  M.  Rippox's  Col. 

The  Request. 

1  When  I  survey  life's  varied  scene, 

Amid  the  darkest  hours 
Sweet  rays  of  comfort  shine  between. 
And  thorns  are  mixed  with  flowers. 

2  And,  Lord,  whate'er  of  earthly  bliss 

Thy  sovereign  will  denies. 
Accepted  at  thy  throne  of  grace 
Let  this  petition  rise :  — 

3  "  Give  me  a  calm,  a  thankful  heart, 

From  every  murmur  free  ; 
The  blessings  of  thy  grace  impart, 
And  let  me  live  to  thee. 

4  "  Let  the  sweet  hope  that  thou  art  mine 

My  life  and  death  attend ; 
Thy  presence  through  my  journey  shine, 
And  bless  its  happy  end." 

lo9.  L.  M.  Bishop  Hebee. 

The  Bread  of  Life. 

1   O  King  of  earth  and  air  and  sea. 
The  hungry  ravens  cry  to  thee ; 
To  thee  the  scaly  tribes  that  sweep 
The  bosom  of  the  boundless  deep. 


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148  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 

2  Thy  bounteous  hand  with  food  can  bless 
The  bleak  and  lonely  wilderness ; 

And  thou  hast  taught  us,  Lord,  to  pray 
For  daily  bread  from  day  to  day. 

3  And,  O,  when  through  the  wilds  we  roam, 
That  part  us  from  our  heavenly  home ; 
When  lost  in  danger,  want,  and  woe, 
Our  faithless  tears  begin  to  flow,  — 

4  Do  thou  thy  gracious  comfort  give, 
By  which  alone  the  soul  may  live  ; 
And  grant  thy  servants.  Lord,  we  pray. 
The  bread  of  life  from  day  to  day. 

190.  CM.  Doddridge. 

Joy  from  the  Presence  of  God. 

1  Shine  on  our  souls,  eternal  God, 

With  rays  of  beauty  shine  ; 

O,  let  thy  favor  crown  our  days, 

And  all  their  round  be  thine. 

2  Did  we  not  raise  our  hands  to  thee, 

Our  hands  might  toil  in  vain ; 
Small  joy  success  itself  could  give, 
If  thou  thy  love  restrain. 

3  With  thee  let  every  week  begin  ; 

With  thee  each  day  be  spent; 
For  thee  each  fleeting  hour  improved, 
Since  each  by  thee  is  lent. 

4  Thus  cheer  us  through  this  desert  road, 

Till  all  our  labors  cease,  ' 

And  heaven  refresh  our  weary  souls 
With  everlasling  peace. 


DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS.  149 

191.  L.  M.  Watts. 

Safety  in  God.     Ps.  46. 

1  God  is  the  refuge  of  his  saints, 
When  storms  of  sharp  distress  invade ; 
Ere  we  can  offer  our  complaints, 
Behold  him  present  with  his  aid. 

2  Let  mountains  from  their  seats  be  hurled 
Down  to  the  deep,  and  buried  there. 
Convulsions  shake  the  solid  world,  — 
Our  faith  shall  never  yield  to  fear. 

3  Loud  may  the  troubled  ocean  roar ; 
In  sacred  peace  our  souls  abide ; 
While  every  nation,  every  shore. 
Trembles,  and  dreads  the  swelling  tide. 

4  There  is  a  stream  whose  gentle  flow 
Supplies  the  city  of  our  God, 

Life,  love,  and  joy  still  gliding  through. 
And  watering  our  divine  abode. 

5  That  sacred  stream  thine  holy  word, 
That  all  our  raging  fear  controls  ; 
Sweet  peace  thy  promises  afford, 

And  give  new  strength  to  fainting  souls. 

6  Zion  enjoys  her  Monarch's  love, 
Secure  against  a  threatening  hour ; 
Nor  can  her  firm  foundations  move. 
Built  on  his  truth  and  armed  with  power. 


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150  DEVOUT    AFFECTIONS. 


192.  C.  M.  Wesletan. 

Desires  for  Holiness. 

1  O  FOR  a  heart  to  praise  my  God, 

A  heart  from  sin  set  free ; 
A  heart  that  always  feels  the  blood 
So  freely  spilt  for  me. 

2  O  for  an  humble,  trustful  heart. 

Believing,  true,  and  clean. 
Which  neither  life  nor  death  can  part 
From  him  who  dwells  within ; 

3  A  heart  in  every  thought  renewed, 

And  full  of  love  divine. 
Perfect  and  right,  and  pure  and  good. 
Conformed,  O  Lord  !  to  thine. 

4  Thy  Spirit,  gracious  Lord,  impart; 

Come  quickly  from  above  ; 
O,  write  thy  name  upon  my  heart ! 
Thy  name,  O  God  I  is  love. 


193.  s.M. 

Holy  Desires. 

1  God,  who  is  just  and  kind, 
Will  those  who  err  instruct, 

And  to  the  paths  of  righteousness 
Their  wandering  steps  conduct. 

2  The  humble  soul  he  guides, 
Teaches  the  meek  his  way ; 

Kindness  and  truth  he  shows  to  all 
Who  his  just  laws  obey. 


Patrick. 


DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS.  151 

3  Give  me  the  tender  heart 
That  mixes  fear  with  love, 

And  lead  rae  through  whatever  path 
Thy  wisdom  shall  approve. 

4  O,  ever  keep  my  soul 

From  error,  shame,  and  guilt ; 
Nor  suffer  the  fair  hope  to  fail. 
Which  on  thy  truth  is  built. 

194:.  C.  M.  Montgomery. 

Ask,  and  ye  shall  receive. 

1  What  shall  we  ask  of  God  in  prayer  ? 
Whatever  good  we  want ; 

Whatever  man  may  seek  to  share, 
Or  God  in  wisdom  grant. 

2  Father  of  all  our  mercies,  thou 
In  whom  we  move  and  live. 

Hear  us  in  heaven,  thy  dwelling,  now. 
And  answer,  and  forgive. 

3  When,  harassed  by  ten  thousand  foes, 
Our  helplessness  we  feel, 

O  give  the  weary  soul  repose, 
The  wounded  spirit  heal. 

4  When  dire  temptations  gather  round, 
And  threaten  or  allure. 

By  storm  or  calm,  in  thee  be  found 
A  refuge  strong  and  sure. 

5  When  age  advances,  may  we  grow 
In  faith,  in  hope,  and  love ; 

And  walk  in  holiness  below 
To  holiness  above. 


152  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 

6  When  earthly  joys  and  cares  depart, 
Desire  and  envy  cease, 
Be  thou  the  portion  of  our  heart ; 
In  thee  may  we  have  peace. 


195.  7s  M.  C.  Wesley. 

God  our  only  Refuge. 

1  Jesus,  Lover  of  my  soul. 
Let  me  to  thy  shelter  fly. 
While  the  nearer  waters  roll. 
While  the  tempest  still  is  high. 
Hide  me,  O  my  Saviour!  hide, 
Till  the  storm  of  life  be  past ; 
Safe  into  the  haven  guide ; 

O,  receive  my  soul  at  last ! 

2  Other  refuge  have  I  none  ; 
Hangs  my  helpless  soul  on  thee : 
Leave,  O  leave  me  not  alone ; 
Still  support  and  comfort  me. 
All  my  trust  on  thee  is  stayed : 
All  my  help  from  thee  I  bring ; 
Cover  my  defenceless  head 
With  the  shadow  of  thy  wing. 

3  Plenteous  grace  with  thee  is  found ; 
Cleanse  me,  Lord,  from  every  sin  : 
Let  the  healing  streams  abound  ; 
Make  and  keep  me  pure  within. 
Thou  of  life  the  fountain  art ; 
Freely  let  me  take  of  thee  : 
Spring  thou  up  within  my  heart ; 
Rise  to  all  eternity. 


DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS.  153 


196.  CM. 

The  Saint's  Rest. 


Wesley's  Col. 


1  Lord,  I  believe,  a  rest  remains, 

To  all  thy  people  known  ; 
A  rest  where  pure  enjoyment  reigns. 
And  thou  art  loved  alone  ; 

2  A  rest,  where  all  our  soul's  desire 

Is  fixed  on  things  above ; 
Where  fear  and  sin  and  grief  expire. 
Cast  out  by  perfect  love. 

3  O  that  I  now  the  rest  might  know. 

Believe  and  enter  in ! 
Now,  Father,  now  the  power  bestow, 
And  let  me  cease  from  sin  ! 

4  Remove  all  hardness  from  my  heart, 

All  unbelief  remove ; 
To  me  the  rest  of  faith  impart. 
The  sabbath  of  thy  love. 


J .  CM.  Wesley's  Col, 

Thy  Kingdom  come. 

Father  of  me  and  all  mankind. 

And  all  the  hosts  above, 
Let  every  understanding  mind 

Unite  to  praise  thy  love. 

Thy  kingdom  come,  with  power  and  grace, 

To  every  heart  of  man ; 
Thy  peace  and  joy  and  righteousness 

In  all  our  bosoms  reign, — 


154  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 

3  The  righteousness  that  never  ends, 

But  makes  an  end  of  sin  ; 
The  joy  that  human  thought  transcends, 
Into  our  souls  bring  in ; 

4  The  kingdom  of  established  peace, 

Which  can  no  more  remove  ; 
The  perfect  powers  of  godliness, 
The  omnipotence  of  love. 


198.  S.M.  Johns. 

The  Kingdom  of  Love. 

1  Come,  kingdom  of  our  God, 
Sweet  reign  of  light  and  love ! 

Shed  peace  and  hope  and  joy  abroad. 
And  wisdom  from  above. 

2  Over  our  spirits  first 
Extend  thy  healing  reign. 

There  raise  and  quench  the  sacred  thirst. 
That  never  pains  again. 

3  Come,  kingdom  of  our  God, 
And  make  the  broad  earth  thine ; 

Stretch  o'er  her  lands  and  isles  the  rod 
That  dowers  with  grace  divine. 

4  Soon  may  all  tribes  be  blest 
With  fruit  from  life's  glad  tree ; 

And  in  its  shade  like  brothers  rest, 
Sons  of  one  family. 


DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS.  155 


199.  L.  M.  Mks.  Oilman. 

A  Father's  Care. 

1  Is  there  a  lone  and  dreary  hour, 

When  worldly  pleasures  lose  their  power  ? 

My  Father,  let  me  turn  to  thee. 

And  set  each  thought  of  darkness  free. 

2  Is  there  a  time  of  racking  grief. 
Which  scorns  the  prospect  of  relief? 
My  Father,  break  the  cheerless  gloom, 
And  bid  my  heart  its  calm  resume. 

3  Is  there  an  hour  of  peace  and  joy, 
When  hope  is  all  my  soul's  employ  ? 
My  Father,  still  my  hopes  will  roam. 
Until  they  rest  with  thee  their  home. 

4  The  noontide  blaze,  the  midnight  scene, 
The  dawn,  or  twilight's  sweet  serene, 
The  glow  of  health,  the  dying  hour, 
Shall  own  my  Father's  grace  and  power. 


^00.  L.  M.      6  lines.  Moravian. 

Seeking  after  God 

1  Thou  hidden  love  of  God,  whose  height, 
Whose  depth  unfathomed  no  man  knows ; 
I  see  from  far  thy  beauteous  light, 
Inly  I  sigh  for  thy  repose. 
My  heart  is  pained ;  nor  can  it  be 
At  rest,  till  it  find  rest  in  thee. 


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156  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 

2  Thy  secret  voice  invites  me  still 
The  sweetness  of  thy  yoke  to  prove ; 
And  fain  I  would ;  but  though  my  will 
Seem  fixed,  yet  wide  my  passions  rove ; 
Yet  hindrances  strew  all  the  way ; 

I  aim  at  thee,  yet  from  thee  stray. 

3  'Tis  mercy  all,  that  thou  hast  brought 
My  mind  to  seek  her  peace  in  thee ; 
Yet,  while  I  seek,  but  find  thee  not, 
No  peace  my  wandering  soul  shall  see. 
O  when  shall  all  my  wanderings  end, 
And  all  my  steps  to  thee- ward  tend ! 

4  Is  there  a  thing  beneath  the  sun 

That  strives  with  thee  my  heart  to  share  ? 
Ah !    tear  it  thence,  and  reign  alone. 
The  Lord  of  every  motion  there. 
Then  shall  my  heart  from  earth  be  free, 
When  it  hath  found  repose  in  thee. 


201.  CM.  Tate  &  Brady. 

the  Soul  thirsting  for  God.     Ps.  42. 

1  As  pants  the  hart  for  cooling  streams. 

When  heated  in  the  chase. 
So  longs  my  soul,  O  God  I    for  thee 
And  thy  refreshing  grace. 

2  For  thee,  my  God,  the  living  God, 

My  thirsty  soul  doth  pine; 
O,  when  shall  I  behold  thy  face, 
Thou  majesty  divine  ? 


DEVOUT    AFFECTIONS.  157 

3  Why  restless,  why  cast  down,  my  soul? 
Hope  still;  and  thou  shalt  sing 
The  praise  of  him  who  is  thy  God, 
Thy  health's  eternal  Spring. 


20zj.  7s  M.     6  lines.  Montgomery. 

The  Soul  panting  for  God.     Ps.  42. 

1  As  the  hart,  with  eager  looks, 
Panteth  for  the  water-brooks. 
So  my  soul,  athirst  for  thee. 
Pants  the  living  God  to  see ; 
When,  O,  when,  with  filial  fear. 
Lord,  shall  I  to  thee  draw  near  ? 

2  Why  art  thou  cast  down,  my  soul  ? 
God,  thy  God,  shall  make  thee  whole ; 
Why  art  thou  disquieted  ? 

God  shall  lift  thy  fallen  head. 
And  his  countenance  benign 
Be  the  saving  health  of  thine. 

203.  CM.  COWPER. 

Walking  tvith  God. 

1  O  FOR  a  closer  walk  with  God, 

A  calm  and  heavenly  frame, 

A  light  to  shine  upon  the  road 

That  leads  me  to  the  Lamb ! 

2  Where  is  the  blessedness  I  knew 

When  first  I  saw  the  Lord  ? 
Where  is  the  soul-refreshing  view 
Of  Jesus  and  his  word  ? 


158  DEVOUT    AFFECTIONS. 

3  What  peaceful  hours  I  once  enjoyed  I 

How  sweet  their  memory  still  I 
But  they  have  left  an  aching  void 
The  world  can  never  fill. 

4  Return,  O  holy  Dove !    return, 

Sweet  messenger  of  rest ! 
I  hate  the  sins  that  made  thee  mourn, 
And  drove  thee  from  my  breast. 

204.  P.  M.  BOWRING. 

1  Thy  will  be  done !     In  devious  way 
The  hurrying  stream  of  life  may  run  ; 
Yet  still  our  grateful  hearts  shall  say, 

"  Thy  will  be  done  I " 

2  Thy  will  be  done !  If  o'er  us  shine 
A  gladdening  and  a  prosperous  sun, 
This  prayer  shall  make  it  more  divine : 

"  Thy  will  be  done  I " 

3  Thy  will  be  done  !     Though  shrouded  o'er 
Our  path  with  gloom,  one  comfort,  one. 

Is  ours,  —  to  breathe,  while  we  adore, 
"  Thy  will  be  done  !  " 

200.  7s  &  6s  M.  RiproN's  Col. 

The  Soul  aspiring  to  Heaven. 

1  Rise,  my  soul,  and  stretch  thy  wings. 

Thy  better  portion  trace  ; 
Rise,  from  transitory  things. 

Towards  heaven,  thy  native  place : 
Sun  and  moon  and  stars  decay. 
Time  shall  soon  this  earth  remove ; 
Rise,  my  soul,  and  haste  away 

To  seats  prepared  above. 


DEVOUT    AFFECTIONS.  159 

Rivers  to  the  ocean  run, 

Nor  stay  in  all  their  course ; 
Fire,  ascending,  seeks  the  sun,  — 

Both  speed  them  to  their  source : 
So  a  soul  that's  born  of  God 
Pants  to  view  his  glorious  face ; 
Upward  tends  to  his  abode, 

To  rest  in  his  embrace. 


206.  L.  M.  Watts. 

I  A  Sight  of  God  mortifies  us  to  the  World. 

1  Up  to  the  fields  where  angels  lie. 
And  living  waters  gently  roll, 

I         Fain  would  my  thoughts  leap  out  and  fly, 
"         But  sin  hangs  heavy  on  my  soul. 

2  Had  I  a  glance  of  thee,  my  God, 
Kingdoms  and  men  would  vanish  soon,  — 
Vanish  as  though  I  saw  them  not. 
As  a  dim  candle  dies  at  noon. 

B  Then  they  might  fight  and  rage  and  rave ; 
I  should  perceive  the  noise  no  more 
Than  we  can  hear  a  shaking  leaf 
While  rattling  thunders  round  us  roar. 

t  Great  All  in  all,  eternal  King, 
Let  me  but  view  thy  lovely  face. 
And  all  my  powers  shall  bow,  and  sing 
Thine  endless  grandeur  and  thy  grace. 


160  DEVOUT    AFFECTIONS. 

jLj\J   (  ,  CM.  DODDKIDGE. 

Support  in  God's  Covenant. 

1  My  God,  the  covenant  of  thy  love 

Abides  for  ever  sure  ; 
And  in  its  matchless  grace  I  feel 
My  happiness  secure. 

2  What  though  my  house  be  not  with  thee, 

As  nature  could  desire  ? 
To  nobler  joys  than  nature  gives 
Thy  servants  all  aspire. 

3  Since  thou,  the  everlasting  God, 

My  Father  art  become  ; 
Jesus  my  Guardian  and  my  Friend, 
And  heaven  my  final  home,  — 

4  I  welcome  all  thy  sovereign  will. 

For  all  that  will  is  love ; 
And,  when  I  know  not  what  thou  dost, 
I  wait  the  lisfht  above. 


208.  s.M. 

Safety  in  God.    Ps.  61. 

1  When,  overwhelmed  with  grief. 
My  heart  within  me  dies, 

Helpless,  and  far  from  all  relief, 
To  Heaven  I  lift  my  eyes. 

2  O,  lead  me  to  the  Kock 
That's  high  above  my  head, 

And  make  the  covert  of  thy  wings 
My  shelter  and  my  shade. 


Watts. 


DEVOUT  AFFECTIONS.  161 

y.  C.  M.  Montgomery. 

Resignation. 

1  One  prayer  I  have,  —  all  prayers  in  one,  — 

When  I  am  wholly  thine : 
Thy  will,  my  God,  thy  will  be  done, 
And  let  that  will  be  mine, 

2  All-wise,  almighty,  and  all-good. 

In  thee  I  firmly  trust ; 
Thy  ways,  unknown  or  understood, 
Are  merciful  and  just. 

3  May  I  remember  that  to  thee 

Whate'er  I  have  I  owe ; 
And  back  in  gratitude  from  me 
May  all  thy  bounties  flow. 

4  Thy  gifts  are  only  then  enjoyed, 

When  used  as  talents  lent ; 
Those  talents  only  well  employed 
When  in  thy  service  spent. 

5  And  though  thy  wisdom  takes  away. 

Shall  I  arraign  thy  will  ? 
No  :   let  me  bless  thy  name,  and  say, 
"  The  Lord  is  gracious  still." 

6  A  pilgrim  through  the  earth  I  roam, 

Of  nothing  long  possessed  ; 
And  all  must  fail  when  I  go  home. 
For  this  is  not  my  rest. 


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162  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 

210.  CM.  Mrs.  Steele. 
True  Happiness  to  be  found  only  in  God. 

1  When  fancy  spreads  her  boldest  wings, 

And  wanders,  unconfined, 
Amid  the  unbounded  scene  of  things 
Which  entertain  the  mind,  — 

2  In  vain  I  trace  creation  o'er. 

In  search  of  sacred  rest ; 
The  whole  creation  is  too  poor, 
Too  mean,  to  make  me  blest. 

3  In  vain  would  this  low  world  employ 

Each  flattering,  specious  wile  ; 
There's  nought  can  yield  a  real  joy 
But  my  Creator's  smile. 

4  Let  earth  and  all  her  charms  depart, 

Unworthy  of  the  mind ; 
In  God  alone  this  restless  heart 
An  equal  bliss  can  find. 

5  Great  Spring  of  all  felicity. 

To  whom  my  wishes  tend, 
Do  not  these  wishes  rise  from  thee, 
And  in  thy  favor  end  ? 

211.  C.  M.  Watts. 
The  Soul's  chief  Delight  in  God. 

1  Lord,  'tis  an  infinite  delight 
To  see  thy  lovely  face, 
To  dwell  whole  ages  in  thy  sight, 
And  feel  thy  vital  rays. 


DEVOUT    AFFECTIONS.  163 

2  Show  me  thy  face,  and  I'll  away 

From  all  inferior  things  ; 
Speak,  Lord,  and  here  I  quit  my  clay, 
And  stretch  my  airy  wings. 

3  Sweet  was  the  journey  to  the  sky 

The  wondrous  prophet  tried  ; 
"  Climb  up  the  mount,"  says  God,  "  and  die ; '" 
The  prophet  climbed,  and  died. 

4  In  God's  own  arms  he  left  the  breath 

That  God's  own  spirit  gave ; 
His  was  the  noblest  road  to  death. 
And  his  the  sweetest  grave. 


212.  s.  M. 

God  our  Father. 

1  My  Father !  cheering  name  ! 

0  may  I  call  thee  mine ! 

Give  me  the  humble  hope  to  claim 
A  portion  so  divine. 

2  This  can  my  fears  control, 
And  bid  my  sorrows  fly : 

What  real  harm  can  reach  my  soul 
Beneath  my  Father's  eye  ? 

3  Whate'er  thy  will  denies, 

1  calmly  would  resign  ; 

For  thou  art  just  and  good  and  wise 
O  bend  my  will  to  thine ! 

4  Whate'er  thy  will  ordains, 
O  give  me  strength  to  bear; 

Still  let  me  know  a  Father  reigns, 
And  trust  a  Father's  care. 


Steele. 


164  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 

5  Thy  ways  are  little  known 
To  my  weak,  erring  sight ; 

Yet  shall  my  soul,  believing,  own 
That  all  thy  ways  are  right. 

6  My  Father!  blissful  name! 
Above  expression  dear  1 

If  thou  accept  my  humble  claim, 
I  bid  adieu  to  fear. 


213.  C.  M.  H.  Ware,  Jr. 

InvoJcinrj  God's  Aid. 

1  Father  in  heaven,  to  thee  my  heart 

Would  lift  itself  in  prayer ;  — 
Drive  from  my  soul  each  earthly  thought, 
And  show  thy  presence  there. 

2  Each  moment  of  my  life  renews 

The  mercies  of  my  Lord  ; 
Each  moment  is  itself  a  gift 
To  bear  me  on  to  God. 

3  O,  help  me  break  the  galling  chains 

This  world  has  round  me  thrown  ; 
Each  passion  of  my  heart  subdue, 
Each  darling  sin  disown. 

4  O  Father !  kindle  in  my  breast 

A  never-dying  flame 
Of  holy  love,  of  grateful  trust 
In  thine  almighty  name. 


DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS.  165 

ZiA-rr,  li.  M.  Christian  Psalmist. 

For  the  continual  Help  of  God. 

1  Be  with  me,  Lord,  where'er  I  go  ; 
Teach  me  what  thou  wouldst  have  me  do ; 
Suggest  whate'er  I  think  or  say ; 

Direct  me  in  thy  narrow  way. 

2  Prevent  me,  lest  I  harbor  pride. 
Lest  I  in  mine  own  strength  confide; 
Show  me  my  weakness,  let  me  see 

I  have  my  power,  my  all,  from  thee. 

3  Enrich  me  alway  with  thy  love ; 
My  kind  protection  ever  prove  ; 
Thy  signet  put  upon  my  breast, 
And  let  thy  Spirit  on  me  rest. 

4  Assist  and  teach  me  how  to  pray ; 
Incline  my  nature  to  obey ; 

What  thou  abhorr'st,  that  let  me  flee, 
And  only  love  what  pleases  thee. 

5  O  may  I  never  do  my  will. 
But  thine  and  only  thine  fulfil ; 
Let  all  my  time  and  all  my  ways 
Be  spent  and  ended  to  thy  praise. 

-axO,  C.  M.  MONTGOMERT. 

Solomon's  Pratjer  for  Wisdom  . 

1  Almighty  God,  in  humble  prayer 
To  thee  our  souls  we  lift : 
Do  thou  our  waiting  minds  prepare 
For  thy  most  needful  gift. 


166  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 

2  We  ask  not  golden  streams  of  wealth 

Along  our  path  to  flow ; 
"We  ask  not  undecaying  health, 
Nor  length  of  years  below ;  — 

3  We  ask  not  honors,  which  an  hour 

May  bring  and  take  away ; 
We  ask  not  pleasure,  pomp,  and  power, 
Lest  we  should  go  astray ;  — 

4  We  ask  for  wisdom  :  Lord,  impart 

The  knowledge  how  to  live; 
A  wise  and  understanding  heart 
To  all  before  thee  give. 

5  The  young  remember  thee  in  youth. 

Before  the  evil  days! 
The  old  be  guided  by  thy  truth,  ' 
In  wisdom's  pleasant  ways  I 

^lU.  L.  M.  MONTGOMEKY. 

Following  after  God.     Ps.  63. 

1  O  God  !  thou  art  my  God  alone ; 
Early  to  thee  my  soul  shall  cry, 
A  pilgrim  in  a  land  unknown, 

A  thirsty  land  whose  springs  are  dry. 

2  Yet,  through  this  rough  and  thorny  maze, 
I  follow  hard  on  thee,  my  God ; 

Thine  hand  unseen  upholds  my  ways ; 
I  lean  upon  thy  staff  and  rod. 

3  Thee,  in  the  watches  of  the  night, 
When  I  remember  on  my  bed, 

Thy  presence  makes  the  darkness  light. 
Thy  guardian  wings  are  round  my  head. 


DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS.  167 

4  Better  than  life  itself  thy  love, 
Dearer  than  all  beside  to  me ; 

For  whom  have  I  in  heaven  above, 
Or  what  on  earth,  compared  with  thee  ? 

5  Praise  with  my  heart,  my  mind,  my  voice, 
For  all  thy  mercy  I  will  give ; 

My  soul  shall  still  in  God  rejoice. 

My  tongue  shall  bless  thee  while  I  live. 

217.  L.  M.  TOPLADT. 

To  be  made  perfect  in  Divine  Liooe. 

1  O  THAT  my  heart  was  right  with  thee, 
And  loved  thee  with  a  perfect  love ! 
O  that  my  Lord  would  dwell  in  me. 
And  never  from  his  seat  remove ! 

2  Father,  I  dwell  in  mournful  night. 
Till  thou  dost  in  my  heart  appear ; 
Arise,  propitious  Sun  !  and  light 
An  everlasting  morning  there. 

3  O  let  my  prayer  acceptance  find. 
And  bring  the  mighty  blessing  down ! 
Eye-sight  impart,  for  I  am  blind ; 
And  seal  me  thine  adopted  son. 

218.  L.  M.  C.  Wesley. 
God  leads  us  right. 

1  Leader  of  faithful  souls,  and  Guide 
Of  all  who  seek  the  land  above, 
Beneath  thy  shadow  we  abide. 
The  cloud  of  thy  protecting  love ; 
Our  strength  thy  grace,  our  rule  thy  word. 
Our  end  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 


168  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 

2  By  thine  unerring  Spirit  led, 
We  shall  not  in  the  desert  stray, 
We  shall  not  full  direction  need. 
Nor  miss  our  providential  way ; 
As  far  from  danger  as  from  fear, 
While  love,  almighty  love,  is  near. 


219.  C.  M.  COWPER. 

Retiremetit. 

1  Far  from  the  world,  O  Lord  I  T  flee, 

From  strife  and  tumult  far  ; 
From  scenes  where  Satan  wages  still 
His  most  successful  war. 

2  The  calm  retreat,  the  silent  shade, 

With  prayer  and  praise  agree  ; 
And  seem  by  thy  sweet  bounty  made 
For  those  who  follow  thee. 

3  There,  if  thy  Spirit  touch  the  soul, 

And  grace  her  mean  abode, 
O,  with  what  peace  and  joy  and  love 
She  communes  with  her  God ! 

4  There,  like  the  nightingale,  she  pours 

Her  solitary  lays ; 
Nor  asks  a  witness  of  her  song. 
Nor  thirsts  for  human  praise. 

5  Author  and  Guardian  of  my  life! 

Sweet  Source  of  light  divine  I 
And  —  all  harmonious  names  in  one  — 
My  Saviour!  tliou  art  mine! 


DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS.  169 

6   What  thanks  I  owe  thee,  and  what  love  — 
A  boundless,  endless  store  — 
Shall  echo  through  the  realms  above, 
When  time  shall  be  no  more. 


J.  L.  M.  Watts. 

Retirement  and  Meditation. 

1  My  God,  permit  me  not  to  be 
A  stranger  to  myself  and  thee  ; 
Amidst  a  thousand  thoughts  I  rove, 
Forgetful  of  my  highest  love. 

2  Why  should  my  passions  mix  with  earth, 
And  thus  debase  my  heavenly  birth  ? 
Why  should  I  cleave  to  things  below, 
And  let  my  God,  my  Saviour,  go  ? 

3  Call  me  away  from  flesh  and  sense  ; 
One  sovereign  word  can  draw  me  thence ; 
I  would  obey  the  voice  divine. 

And  all  inferior  joys  resign. 

4  Be  earth,  with  all  her  scenes,  withdrawn  ; 
Let  noise  and  vanity  be  gone ; 

In  secret  silence  of  the  mind 

My  heaven,  and  there  my  God,  I  find. 

1.  C.  M.  T.  Humphries. 

Lord,  remember  me. 

1   O  THOU,  from  whom  all  goodness  flows, 
I  lift  my  soul  to  thee  ! 
In  all  my  sorrows,  conflicts,  woes, 
Good  Lord,  remember  me. 


170  DEVOUT   AFFECTIONS. 

2  When  on  my  aching,  burdened  heart, 

My  sins  lie  heavily, 
Thy  pardon  grant,  new  peace  impart ; 
Good  Lord,  remember  me. 

3  When  trials  sore  obstruct  my  way, 

And  ills  I  cannot  flee, 
O  let  my  strength  be  as  my  day  ; 
Good  Lord,  remember  me. 

4  When  worn  with  pain,  disease,  and  grief, 

This  feeble  body  see ; 
Grant  patience,  rest,  and  kind  relief; 
Good  Lord,  remember  me. 

5  When  in  the  solemn  hour  of  death 

I  wait  thy  just  decree. 
Be  this  the  prayer  of  my  last  breath, 
Good  Lord,  remember  me, 

6  And  when  before  thy  throne  I  stand. 

And  lift  my  soul  to  thee. 
Then,  with  the  saints  at  thy  right  hand, 
Good  Lord,  remember  me. 


222.  L.  M. 


Moravian. 


For  Guardianship  and  Guidance. 

O  THOU  to  whose  all-searching  sight 
The  darkness  sliineth  as  the  liglit, 
Search,  prove  my  heart :  it  pants  for  thee; 
O  burst  these  bonds,  and  set  it  free  I 

If  in  this  darksome  wild  I  stray. 

Be  thou  my  light,  be  thou  my  way ; 

No  foes,  no  violence,  I  fear. 

No  fraud,  while  thou,  my  God,  art  near. 


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3  When  rising  floods  my  soul  o'erflow, 
When  sinks  my  heart  in  waves  of  woe,  — 
O  God,  thy  timely  aid  impart, 

And  raise  my  head,  and  cheer  my  heart. 

4  If  rough  and  thorny  be  the  way. 
My  strength  proportion  to  my  day ; 
Till  toil  and  grief  and  pain  shall  cease, 
Where  all  is  calm  and  joy  and  peace. 


IV.     CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCES   AND 
GRACES. 


223.  7s  M. 

Sins  confessed  and  mourned. 

1  God  of  mercy,  God  of  love, 
Hear  our  sad,  repentant  song; 
Sorrow  dwells  on  every  face, 
Penitence  on  every  tongue. 

2  Deep  regret  for  follies  past. 
Talents  wasted,  time  misspent; 
Hearts  debased  by  worldly  cares, 
Thankless  for  the  blessings  lent ;  — 

3  Foolish  fears  and  fond  desires. 
Vain  regrets  for  things  as  vain ; 
Lips  too  seldom  taught  to  praise, 
Oft  to  murmur  and  complain,  — 

4  These,  and  every  secret  fault. 

Filled  with  grief  and  shame,  we  own ; 
Humbled  at  thy  feet  we  lie, 
Seeking  pardon  from  thy  throne. 

5  God  of  mercy,  God  of  grace. 
Hear  our  sad,  repentant  songs ; 
O,  restore  thy  suppliant  race, 
Thou  to  whom  all  praise  belongs. 


172 


J.  Taylor. 


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224.  7s    M.  MiLMAN. 

Lord,  have  Mercy. 

1  Lord,  have  mercy  when  we  pray 
Strength  to  seek  a  better  way : 
When  our  wakening  thoughts  begin 
First  to  loathe  their  cherished  sin ; 
When  our  weary  spirits  fail, 

And  our  aching  brows  are  pale, — 
Then  thy  strengthening  grace  afford; 
Then,  O,  then,  have  mercy.  Lord! 

2  Lord,  have  mercy  when  we  know 
First  how  vain  this  world  below : 
When  its  darker  thoughts  oppress, 
Doubts  perplex,  and  fears  distress ; 
When  the  earliest  gleam  is  given 
Of  the  bright  but  distant  heaven, — 
Then  thy  strengthening  grace  afford  ; 
Then,  O,  then,  have  mercy.  Lord ! 

225.  L.M.  Watts. 
Seeking  Pardon  and  Aid.     Ps.  51. 

1  Create  my  nature  pure  within. 
And  form  my  soul  averse  to  sin ; 
Let  thy  good  Spirit  ne'er  depart, 
Nor  hide  thy  presence  from  my  heart. 

2  I  cannot  live  without  thy  light, 

Cast  out  and  banished  from  thy  sight ; 
Thy  holy  joys,  my  God,  restore. 
And  guard  me,  that  I  fall  no  more. 

3  A  broken  heart,  my  God,  my  King, 
Is  all  the  sacrifice  I  bring: 

The  God  of  grace  will  ne'er  despise 
A  broken  heart  for  sacrifice. 


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4     O,  may  thy  love  inspire  my  tongue ! 

Salvation  shall  be  all  my  song ;  j  I 

And  all  my  powers  shall  join  to  bless  '  | 

The  Lord,  my  Strength  and  Righteousness. 


226.  S.  M.  Steknhold 

Penitential.     Ps.  25. 

1  I  LIFT  my  heart  to  thee, 

My  God  and  Guide  most  just ; 
Now  suffer  me  to  take  no  shame. 
For  in  thee  do  I  trust. 

2  Remember  not  the  faults 
And  frailty  of  my  youth ; 

Remember  not  how  ignorant 
I  have  been  of  thy  truth. 

3  Nor  after  my  deserts 
Let  me  thy  mercy  find ; 

But  of  thine  own  benignity, 
Lord,  have  me  in  thy  mind. 

4  His  mercy  is  full  sweet, 
His  truth  a  perfect  guide ; 

Therefore  the  Lord  will  sinners  teach, 
And  such  as  go  aside. 

5  For  all  the  ways  of  God 
Are  truth  and  mercy  both  ; 

To  them  that  keep  his  testament, 
The  witness  of  his  troth. 


CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCES   AND   GRACES.  175 

227.  C.  M.  Watts. 

Regrets  for  a  Neglect  of  Privileges. 

1  Long  have  I  sat  beneath  the  sound 

Of  thy  salvation,  Lord ; 
But  still  how  weak  my  faith  is  found, 
And  knowledge  of  thy  word  I 

2  How  cold  and  feeble  is  my  love ! 

How  negligent  my  fear! 
How  low  my  hope  of  joys  above! 
How  few  affections  there  I 

3  Great  God,  thy  sovereign  power  impart, 

To  give  thy  word  success ; 
Write  thy  salvation  in  my  heart. 
And  make  me  learn  thy  grace. 

4  Show  my  forgetful  feet  the  way 

That  leads  to  joys  on  high ; 
There  knowledge  grows  without  decay. 
And  love  shall  never  die. 


JiAiJ,  L.  M.  DOBDRIDGB. 

The  wandering  Sheep  recovered. 

1  Lord,  we  have  wandered  from  thy  way. 
Like  foolish  sheep  have  gone  astray ; 
Our  pleasant  pastures  we  have  left. 
And  of  their  guard  our  souls  bereft; 

2  Exposed  to  want,  exposed  to  harm  ; 
Far  from  our  gentle  Shepherd's  arm ; 
Nor  will  these  fatal  wanderings  cease, 
Till  thou  reveal  the  paths  of  peace. 


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176  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCES    AND    GRACES. 

3   O,  seek  thy  thoughtless  servant-^,  Lord, 
Nor  let  us  quite  forget  thy  word ; 
Our  erring  souls  do  thou  restore, 
And  keep  us,  that  we  stray  no  more. 

22v.  L.  M.      6  lines.  Wesley's  Col. 

Imploring  Forgiveness  and  Reneival  of  Heart. 

1  Forgive  us,  for  thy  mercy's  sake, 
Our  multitude  of  sins  forgive ! 
And  for  thy  own  possession  take. 
And  bid  us  to  thy  glory  live : 
Live  in  thy  sight,  and  gladly  prove 
Our  faith,  by  our  obedient  love. 

2  The  covenant  of  forgiveness  seal. 
And  all  thy  mighty  wonders  show! 
Our  hidden  enemies  expel. 

And  conquering  them  to  conquer  go, 
Till  all  of  pride  and  wrath  be  slain. 
And  not  one  evil  thought  remain ! 

8  O  put  it  in  our  inward  parts,  — 
The  living  law  of  perfect  love ! 
Write  the  new  precept  on  our  hearts : 
We  shall  not  then  from  thee  remove. 
Who  in  thy  glorious  image  shine, 
Thy  people,  and  for  ever  thine ! 

^oU.  S.  M.  Montgomery. 

"  Out  of  the  Depths  have  I  cried  unto  thee."     Ps.  130. 

1     Out  of  the  depths  of  woe. 
To  thee,  O  Lord  !  I  cry  ; 
Darkness  surrounds  me,  yet  I  know 
That  thou  art  ever  nigh. 


CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCES   AND   GRACES.  177 

2  I  cast  my  hopes  on  thee ; 
Thou  canst,  thou  wilt  forgive ; 

If  thou  shouldst  mark  iniquity, 
Who  in  thy  sight  could  live  ? 

3  I  wait  for  thee  ;  I  wait, 
Confessing  all  my  sin  : 

Lord!  I  am  knocking  at  thy  gate; 
Open,  and  take  me  in. 

4  Glory  to  God  above  ! 

The  waters  soon  will  cease ; 
For  lo  I  the  swift-returning  dove 
Brings  home  the  pledge  of  peace. 

5  Though  storms  his  face  obscure, 
And  dangers  threaten  loud, 

Jehovah's  covenant  is  sure. 
His  bow  is  in  the  cloud ! 


S.  M.  MOHLENBERO. 

Rest  in  God. 

L     Like  Noah's  weary  dove. 
That  soared  the  earth  around. 

But  not  a  resting-place  above 
The  cheerless  waters  found, 

I     O  cease,  my  wandering  soul. 

On  restless  wing  to  roam  ; 
All  the  wide  world,  to  either  pole, 

Has  not  for  thee  a  home. 

J     Behold  the  Ark  of  God, 

Behold  the  open  door! 
Hasten  to  gain  that  dear  abode, 

And  rove,  my  soul,  no  more. 
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178  CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCES   AND    GRACES. 

4     There  safe  thou  shalt  abide, 
There  sweet  shall  be  thy  rest, 
And  every  longing  satisfied. 
With  full  salvation  blest. 

AOZi.  S.  M.  Montgomery. 

The  Issues  of  Life  and  Death. 

1  O  WHERE  shall  rest  be  found, 
Rest  for  the  weary  soul  ? 

'Twere  vain  the  ocean  depths  to  sound, 
Or  pierce  to  either  pole. 

2  The  world  can  never  give 
The  bliss  for  which  we  sigh  ; 

'Tis  not  the  whole  of  life  to  live. 
Nor  all  of  death  to  die. 

3  Beyond  this  vale  of  tears 
There  is  a  life  above. 

Unmeasured  by  the  flight  of  years ; 
And  all  that  life  is  love. 

4  There  is  a  death,  whose  pang 
Outlasts  the  fleeting  breath  ; 

O  what  appalling  horrors  hang 
Around  the  "  second  death  " ! 

5  Lord  God  of  truth  and  grace, 
Teach  us  that  death  to  shun, 

Lest  we  be  banished  from  thy  face 
And  utterly  undone. 

6  Here  would  we  end  our  quest; 
Alone  are  found  in  thee 

The  life  of  perfect  love,  the  rest 
Of  immortality. 


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233.  S.M. 

Pardon  and  Peace. 


Ancient  Hymns. 


1  Before  thy  mercy's  throne, 
Thy  succor,  Lord,  we  seek ; 

For  thou  art  good  and  great  alone ; 
All  helpless  we  and  weak. 

2  Like  sheep  that  go  astray, 
Our  wilful  course  we've  run. 

From  what  thou  would'st  have  turned  away, 
And  what  thou  would'st  not  done. 

3  To  us  belong  dismay 

Of  heart,  and  shame  of  face ; 
To  thee,  our  sorrows  to  allay, 
And  all  our  guilt  efface  ; 

4  To  us,  confession  meek. 
The  penitential  prayer; 

To  thee,  the  words  of  peace  to  speak, 
The  contrite  heart  to  spare. 

5  Pour,  for  the  Saviour's  sake, 
Thy  Spirit's  healthful  dew 

On  those  who  fain  would  sin  forsake, 
And  thy  pure  ways  pursue. 


234.  L.M. 

We  walk  by  Faith,  not  by  Sight. 


Watts. 


'Tis  by  the  faith  of  joys  to  come 
We  walk  through  deserts  dark  as  night ; 
Till  we  arrive  at  heaven,  our  home. 
Faith  is  our  guide,  and  faith  our  light. 


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180  CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCES   AND   GRACES. 

2  The  want  of  sight  she  well  supplies  ; 
She  makes  the  pearly  gates  appear ; 
Far  into  distant  worlds  she  pries, 
And  brings  eternal  glories  near. 

3  Cheerful  we  tread  the  desert  through, 
While  faith  inspires  a  heavenly  ray. 
Though  lions  roar  and  tempests  blow. 
And  rocks  and  dangers  fill  the  way. 

4  So  Abra'ni,  by  divine  command. 

Left  his  own  house  to  walk  with  God; 
His  faith  beheld  the  promised  land. 
And  fired  his  zeal  along  the  road. 

235.  L.   M.  T.  W.  HiGGINSON 

The  Hope  of  Man. 

1  The  past  is  dark  with  sin  and  shame, 
The  future  dim  with  doubt  and  fear ; 
But,  Father,  yet  we  praise  thy  name, 
Whose  guardian  love  is  always  near. 

2  For  man  has  striven,  ages  long, 
With  faltering  steps  to  come  to  thee  ; 
And  in  each  purpose  high  and  strong 
The  influence  of  thy  grace  could  see. 

3  He  could  not  breathe  an  earnest  prayer. 
But  thou  wast  kinder  than  he  dreamed. 
As  age  by  age  brought  hopes  more  fair. 
And  nearer  still  thy  kingdom  seemed. 

4  But  never  rose  within  his  breast 
A  trust  so  calm  and  deep  as  now ; 
Shall  not  the  weary  find  a  rest  ? 
Father,  Preserver,  answer  thou ! 


CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCES    AND    GRACES.  181 

5  'Tis  dark  around,  'tis  dark  above, 

But  through  the  shadow  streams  the  sun ; 
We  cannot  doubt  thy  certain  love  ; 
And  man's  true  aim  shall  yet  be  won ! 


J,  CM.  Watts. 

Love  to  God. 

1  Happy  the  heart  where  graces  reign, 

Where  love  inspires  the  breast ; 
Love  is  the  brightest  of  the  train, 
And  strengthens  all  the  rest. 

2  Knowledge,  alas  !  'tis  all  in  vain, 

And  all  in  vain  our  fear ; 
Our  stubborn  sins  will  fight  and  reign, 
If  love  be  absent  there. 

3  This  is  the  grace  that  lives  and  sings 

When  faith  and  hope  shall  cease ; 
'Tis  this  shall  strike  our  joyful  strings 
In  the  sweet  realms  of  bliss. 

4  Before  we  quite  forsake  our  clay. 

Or  leave  this  dark  abode. 
The  wings  of  love  bear  us  away. 
To  see  our  smiling  God. 

j.  CM.  DoDuraDGE. 

Sincere  Love  to  Christ. 

1  Do  not  I  love  thee,  O  my  Lord  ? 
Behold  my  heart,  and  see  ; 
And  turn  each  worthless  idol  out, 
That  dares  to  rival  thee. 


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2  Is  not  thy  name  melodious  still 

To  my  attentive  ear  ? 
Doth  not  each  pulse  with  pleasure  bound 
My  Saviour's  voice  to  hear  ? 

3  Hast  thou  a  lamb,  in  all  thy  flock, 

I  would  disdain  to  feed  ? 
Hast  thou  a  foe,  before  whose  face 
I  fear  thy  cause  to  plead  ? 

4  Would  not  my  heart  pour  forth  its  blood 

In  honor  of  thy  name, 
And  challenge  the  cold  hand  of  death 
To  damp  the  immortal  flame  ? 

5  Thou  know'st  I  love  thee,  dearest  Lord ; 

But,  O,  I  long  to  soar 
Far  from  the  sphere  of  mortal  joys, 
And  learn  to  love  thee  more. 

juOC).  Li.  M.  Montgomery. 

Faith,  Hope,  and  Charity. 

1  Faith,  hope,  and  charity,  these  three, 
Yet  is  the  greatest  charity  ; 

Father  of  lights,  these  gifts  impart 
To  mine  and  every  human  heart. 

2  Faith,  that  in  prayer  can  never  fail, 
Hope,  that  o'er  doubting  must  prevail, 
And  charity,  whose  name  above 

Is  God's  own  name,  for  God  is  love. 

3  The  morning  star  is  lost  in  light, 
Faith  vanishes  at  perfect  sight, 
The  rainbow  passes  with  the  storm, 
And  hope  with  sorrow's  fading  form. 


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4  But  charity,  serene,  sublime, 

Beyond  the  reach  of  death  and  time. 
Like  the  blue  sky's  all-bounding  space, 
Holds  heaven  and  earth  in  its  embrace. 


Scott. 


239.  L.M. 

The  Fear  of  God. 

1  Great  Author  of  all  nature's  frame. 
Holy  and  reverend  is  thy  name ; 
Against  thee  who  shall  lift  his  hand  ? 
Before  thy  terrors  who  can  stand  ? 

2  But  blest  are  they,  O  gracious  Lord  ! 
Who  fear  thy  name  and  keep  thy  word  ; 
Thy  wisdom  guides,  thy  power  defends 
Their  life,  till  life  its  journey  ends. 

3  O  that  my  soul,  with  awful  sense 
Of  thy  transcendent  excellence. 
May  close  the  day,  the  day  begin. 
Watchful  against  each  darling  sin. 

4  Never,  O  never  from  my  heart. 
May  this  great  principle  depart, 
But  act,  with  unabating  power. 
Within  me  to  my  latest  hour ! 

240.  C.  M.  Exeter  Col. 

Fortitude  founded  on  godly  Fear. 

1  Blest  is  the  man  who  fears  the  Lord ; 
His  well-established  mind 
In  every  varying  scene  of  life 
Shall  true  composure  find. 


184  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCES    AND    GRACES. 

2  Oft  through  the  deep  and  stormy  sea 

The  heavenly  footsteps  lie  ; 
But  on  a  glorious  world  beyond 
His  faith  can  fix  its  eye. 

3  Though  dark  his  present  prospects  be, 

And  sorrows  round  him  dwell, 
Yet  hope  can  whisper  to  his  soul, 
That  all  shall  issue  well. 

4  Full  in  the  presence  of  his  God, 

Through  every  scene  he  goes  ; 
And,  fearing  him,  no  other  fear 
His  steadfast  bosom  knows. 

241.  L.  M.  Wesleyam. 

God  our  Deliverer. 

1  God  of  my  life,  whose  gracious  power 
Through  varied  deaths  my  soul  hath  led, 
Or  turned  aside  the  fatal  hour. 

Or  lifted  up  my  sinking  head ! 

2  In  all  my  ways  thy  hand  I  own, 
Thy  ruling  providence  I  see : 
Assist  me  still  my  course  to  run, 
And  still  direct  my  paths  to  thee. 

3  Whither,  oh  whither  should  I  fly, 
But  to  my  loving  Father's  breast ; 
Secure  within  thine  arms  to  lie. 
And  safe  beneath  thy  wings  to  rest  ? 

4  I  have  no  skill  the  snare  to  shun, 
But  thou,  O  God !  my  wisdom  art : 
I  ever  into  ruin  run  ; 

But  thou  art  greater  than  my  heart. 


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Foolish  and  ignorant  and  blind, 
Lead  me  a  way  I  have  not  known  ; 
Bring  me  where  I  my  heaven  may  find, 
The  heaven  of  loving  thee  alone. 


Z~±Jj,  L.  M.  Doddridge. 

Fortitude  and  Trust. 

1  Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye  heirs  of  hope, 

And  let  his  word  support  your  souls; 
Well  can  he  bear  your  courage  up, 
And  all  your  foes  and  fears  control. 

2  He  waits  his  own  well-chosen  hour, 

The  intended  mercy  to  display  ; 
His  fatherly  compassion  moves, 
Wliile  wisdom  dictates  the  delay. 

3  Blest  are  the  humble  souls,  that  wait 

With  sweet  submission  to  his  will ; 
Harmonious  all  their  passions  move. 
And  in  the  midst  of  storms  are  still,  — 

4  Still,  till  their  Father's  well-known  voice 

Wakens  their  silence  into  songs ; 
Then  earth  grows  vocal  with  his  praise, 
And  heaven  the  grateful  shout  prolongs. 

243.  C.  M.  J.  Taylor. 

Ti-ust  in  God  through  all  Changes. 

1  Father  divine,  before  thy  view 
All  worlds,  all  creatures  lie; 
No  distance  can  elude  thy  search, 
No  action  'scape  thy  eye. 


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2  From  thee  our  vital  breath  we  drew ; 

Our  childhood  was  thy  care ; 
And  vigorous  youth  and  feeble  age 
Thy  kind  protection  share. 

3  Whate'er  we  do,  where'er  we  turn, 

Thy  ceaseless  bounty  flows  ; 
Oppressed  with  woe,  when  nature  faints 
Thine  arm  is  our  repose. 

4  To  thee  we  look,  thou  Power  supreme  I 

O,  still  our  wants  supply ! 
Safe  in  thy  presence  may  we  live, 
And  in  thy  favor  die. 

244.  C.  M.  Merrick. 

Acquiescence  in  flie  divine  Will. 

1  Author  of  good,  we  rest  on  thee  ; 

Thine  ever-watchful  eye 
Alone  our  real  wants  can  see, 
Thy  hand  alone  supply. 

2  In  thine  all-gracious  providence 

Our  cheerful  hopes  confide  ; 
O,  let  thy  power  be  our  defence, 
Thy  love  our  footsteps  guide. 

3  And  since,  by  passion's  force  subdued. 

Too  oft,  with  stubborn  will. 
We  blindly  shun  the  latent  good. 
And  grasp  the  specious  ill,  — 

4  Not  what  we  wish,  but  what  we  want, 

Let  mercy  still  supply  ; 
The  good  unasked,  O  Father!    grant; 
The  ill,  though  asked,  deny. 


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245.  L.  M.  Norton. 

Trust  and  Submission. 

1  My  God,  I  thank  thee  ;  may  no  thought 
E'er  deem  thy  chastisements  severe  ; 
But  may  this  heart,  by  sorrow  taught, 
Cahii  each  wild  wish,  each  idle  fear. 

2  Thy  mercy  bids  all  nature  bloom  ; 

The  sun  shines  bright,  and  man  is  gay; 
Thine  equal  mercy  spreads  the  gloom 
That  darkens  o'er  his  little  day. 

3  Full  many  a  throb  of  grief  and  pain 
Thy  frail  and  erring  child  must  know ; 
But  not  one  prayer  is  breathed  in  Vain, 
Nor  does  one  tear  unheeded  How. 

4  Thy  various  messengers  employ, 
Thy  purposes  of  love  fulfil ; 

And,  'mid  the  wreck  of  human  joy. 
Let  kneeling  faith  adore  thy  will. 


246.  S.M. 

Submission. 


COWPER. 


I 


1  O  LORD,  my  best  desire  fulfil, 
And  help  me  to  resign 

Life,  health,  and  comfort  to  thy  will, 
And  make  thy  pleasure  mine. 

2  Why  should  I  shrink  at  thy  command, 
Whose  love  forbids  my  fears  ? 

Or  tremble  at  the  gracious  hand 
That  wipes  away  my  tears  ? 


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3  No  :  rather  let  me  freely  yield 
What  most  I  prize  to  thee, 

Who  never  hast  a  good  withheld, 
Or  wilt  withhold,  from  me. 

4  Wisdom  and  mercy  guide  my  way ; 
Shall  I  resist  them  both  ? 

A  poor,  blind  creature  of  a  day, 
And  crushed  before  the  moth ! 

5  But,  ah !  my  inward  spirit  cries. 
Still  bind  me  to  thy  sway ; 

Else  the  next  cloud  that  veils  the  skies 
Drives  all  these  thoughts  away. 

24:7.  CM.  ToPLADv's  Col 

Habitual  Resignation. 

1  With  God  my  Friend,  the  radiant  sun 

Sheds  a  more  lively  ray ; 
Each  object  smiles;  all  nature  charms; 
I  chase  my  cares  away. 

2  Good  when  he  gives,  supremely  good, 

Nor  less  when  he  denies  ; 
Afflictions  from  his  gracious  hand 
Are  blessings  in  disguise. 

3  I  cannot  doubt  his  bounteous  love, 

Immeasurably  kind ; 
To  his  unerring,  gracious  will 
Be  every  wish  resigned. 


CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCES   AND   GRACES.  189 

P.  M.  Saeah  F.  Adams. 

Nearer  to  Thee. 

1  Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 

Nearer  to  thee  I 
E'en  though  it  be  a  cross 

That  raiseth  me ; 
Still  all  my  song  shall  be,  — 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 

Nearer  to  thee ! 

2  Though,  like  the  wanderer, 

The  sun  gone  down, 
Darkness  be  over  me. 

My  rest  a  stone  ; 
Yet  in  my  dreams  I'd  be 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 

Nearer  to  thee ! 

3  There  let  the  way  appear, 

Steps  unto  heaven  ; 
All  that  thou  sendest  me, 

In  mercy  given ; 
Angels  to  beckon  me 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee. 

Nearer  to  thee ! 

4  Then  with  my  waking  thoughts 

Bright  with  thy  praise, 
Out  of  my  stony  griefs. 

Bethel  I'll  raise ; 
So  by  my  woes  to  be 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 

Nearer  to  thee ! 


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5  Or  if  on  joyful  wing, 

Cleaving  the  sky, 
Sun,  moon,  and  stars  forgot, 

Upward  I  fly ; 
Still  all  my  song  shall  be,  — 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 

Nearer  to  thee ! 


249.  CM. 

The  Power  of  Trust. 

1  My  God !  in  life's  most  doubtful  hour, 

In  sharpest  pains  of  death. 
Who  waits  on  thee  hath  peace  and  power ; 
Thou  present  help  of  faith ! 

2  Thy  crown  of  joy  upon  his  head. 

Thy  light  upon  his  face. 
Through  storms  and  strife  thy  Christ  could  tread, 
On  to  the  happy  place. 

3  And  though  the  cross  were  sharp  and  high, 

The  lifted  Lord  could  see 
The  souls  he  loved  drawn  nearer  by 
His  love's  last  energy. 

4  Help  me,  O  God !  to  seek,  to  win. 

Through  struggles  and  through  prayer, 
The  faith  which  frees  my  soul  from  sin, 
And  brings  thy  blessing  there. 

5  So  shall  my  cross  of  conquered  shame 

My  fainting  brothers  raise. 

So  thy  triumphant  mercy  flame 

Around  my  path  of  praise. 


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6  And  earth,  with  all  its  pain  and  toil, 
By  love's  pure  presence  blest. 
Shall  wear  the  calm  celestial  smile 
Of  heaven's  eternal  rest. 

250.  L.  M.  Newton. 

Trust  in  God. 

1  Be  still,  my  heart !  these  anxious  cares 
To  thee  are  burdens,  thorns,  and  snares ; 
They  cast  dishonor  on  thy  Lord, 
And  contradict  his  gracious  word. 

2  Brought  safely  by  his  hand  thus  far, 
Why  wilt  thou  now  give  place  to  fear? 
How  canst  thou  want  if  he  provide, 
Or  lose  thy  way  with  such  a  guide  ? 

3  Did  ever  trouble  yet  befall, 
And  he  refuse  to  hear  thy  call  ? 
And  has  he  not  his  promise  past. 
That  thou  shalt  overcome  at  last  ? 

4  He  who  has  helped  me  hitherto. 
Will  help  me  all  my  journey  through, 
And  give  me  daily  cause  to  raise 
New  trophies  to  his  endless  praise. 

5  Poor  and  afflicted  though  we  are, 
In  thy  strong  name  we  trust. 
And  bless  the  hand  of  sovereign  love, 
Which  lifts  us  from  the  dust. 


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C)  i^W  p    IVr  I  Countess  op 

Z/fJ±.  ^'  i^^'  J  Huntingdon. 

The  Gift  of  Peace. 

1  The  world  can  neither  give  nor  take, 

Nor  can  they  comprehend, 
The  peace  of  God,  which  Christ  has  bought, 
The  peace  which  knows  no  end. 

2  His  thoughts  are  high,  his  love  is  wise. 

His  wounds  a  cure  intend  ; 
And,  though  he  does  not  always  smile, 
He  loves  unto  the  end. 


252.  s.M. 

Communion  with  God  and  Christ. 


Doddridge. 


1  Our  heavenly  Father  calls, 
And  Christ  invites  us  near ; 

With  both  our  friendship  shall  be  sweet, 
And  our  communion  dear. 

2  God  pities  all  my  griefs ; 
He  pardons  every  day ; 

Almighty  to  protect  my  soul. 
And  wise  to  guide  my  way. 

3  Jesus,  my  living  head, 

I  bless  thy  faithful  care ; 
Mine  advocate  before  the  throne, 
And  my  forerunner  there. 

4  Here  fix,  my  roving  heart. 
Here  wait,  my  warmest  love. 

Till  the  communion  be  complete 
In  nobler  scenes  above. 


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158.  6s  M.  Wesley. 

The  Peace  of  Christ. 

1  Thou  hidden  Source  of  calm  repose, 
Thou  all-sufficient  Love  divine, 

My  help  and  refuge  from  my  foes. 
Secure  I  am,  if  thou  art  mine : 
And  lo !  from  sin  and  grief  and  shame, 
I  hide  me,  Jesus,  in  thy  name. 

2  Thy  mighty  name  salvation  is, 
And  keeps  my  happy  soul  above ; 
Comfort  it  brings,  and  power  and  peace, 
And  joy  and  everlasting  love  : 

To  me,  with  thy  dear  name,  are  given 
Pardon  and  holiness  and  heaven. 

3  Jesus,  my  all-in-all  thou  art ; 
My  rest  in  toil,  my  ease  in  pain ; 
The  medicine  of  my  broken  heart ; 
In  war,  my  peace  ;  in  loss,  my  gain  ; 
My  smile  beneath  the  tyrant's  frown ; 
In  shame,  my  glory  and  my  crown  ; 

4  In  want,  my  plentiful  supply  ; 

In  wealiness,  my  almighty  power ; 
In  bonds,  my  perfect  liberty  ; 
My  light  in  Satan's  darkest  hour; 
In  grief,  ray  joy  unspeakable; 
My  life  in  death,  my  heaven  in  hell. 


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194  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCES    AND   GRACES. 

254.  S.  M.  BONAR. 

God's  Way  the  best. 

1  Thy  way,  not  mine,  O  Lord ! 
However  dark  it  be  : 

Lead  me  by  thine  own  hand, 
Choose  out  the  path  for  me. 

2  Smooth  let  it  be  or  rough, 
It  will  be  still  the  best ; 

Winding  or  straight  it  matters  not, 
It  leads  me  to  thy  rest. 

3  I  dare  not  choose  my  lot, 
I  would  not  if  I  might ; 

Choose  thou  for  me,  my  God, 
So  shall  I  walk  aright. 

4  The  kingdom  that  I  seek  V 
Is  thine,  so  let  the  way                                 f 

That  leads  to  it  be  thine,  t 

Else  surely  I  shall  stray.  ( 

5  Take  thou  my  cup,  and  it 
With  joy  or  sorrow  fill; 

As  best  to  thee  may  seem, 
Choose  thou  my  good  and  ill. 

6  Choose  thou  for  me  my  friends. 

My  sickness  or  my  health  ;  : 

Choose  thou  my  cares  for  me, 
My  poverty  or  wealth. 

7  Not  mine,  not  mine  the  choice. 
In  things  or  great  or  small ; 

Be  thou  my  guide,  my  strength. 
My  wisdom,  and  my  all. 


CHRISTIAN    EXPEEIENCES   AND   GRACES.  VJH 

6S    M.  SCHMOLK. 

Following  Christ. 

1  Lord  Jesus,  as  thou  wilt! 

0  may  thy  will  be  mine! 
Into  t  hy  hand  of  love 

1  would  my  all  resign. 
Through  sorrow  or  through  joy, 
Conduct  me  as  thine  own, 
And  help  me  still  to  say, 

My  Lord,  thy  will  be  done ! 

2  Lord  Jesus,  as  thou  wilt ! 
Though  seen  through  many  a  tear, 
Let  not  my  star  of  hope 

Grow  dim  or  disappear ; 
Since  thou  on  earth  hast  wept 
And  sorrowed  oft  alone, 
If  I  must  weep  with  thee, 
My  Lord,  Thy  will  be  done ! 

3  Lord  Jesus,  as  thou  wilt! 
If  loved  ones  must  depart, 
Suffer  not  sorrow's  flood 
To  overwhelm  my  heart ; 
For  they  are  blest  with  thee. 
Their  race  and  conflict  won  : 
Let  me  but  follow  them. 
My  Lord,  thy  will  be  done! 

4  Lord  Jesus,  as  thou  wilt ! 
All  shall  be  well  for  me ; 
Each  changing  future  scene 
I  gladly  trust  with  thee  : 
Straight  to  my  home  above 
I  travel  calmly  on, 

And  sing,  in  life  or  death. 
My  Lord,  thy  will  be  done ! 


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256.  c.  M.  baxteJ 

Confidence. 

1  Lord,  it  belongs  not  to  my  care 

Whether  I  die  or  live ; 
To  love  and  serve  thee  is  my  share, 
And  this  thy  grace  must  give. 

2  If  life  be  long,  I  will  be  glad, 

That  I  may  long  obey ; 
If  short,  yet  why  should  I  be  sad 
To  soar  to  endless  day  ? 

3  Christ  leads  me  through  no  darker  rooms 

Than  he  went  through  before ; 
He  that  unto  God's  kingdom  comes 
Must  enter  by  his  door. 

4  Come,  Lord,  when  grace  has  made  me  meet 

Thy  blessed  face  to  see; 
For,  if  thy  work  on  earth  be  sweet. 
What  will  thy  glory  be  ? 

5  Then  shall  I  end  my  sad  complaints 

And  weary  sinful  days, 
And  join  with  the  triumphant  saints, 
Who  sing  Jehovah's  praise. 

6  My  knowledge  of  that  life  is  small. 

The  eye  of  faith  is  dim  ; 
But  'tis  enough  that  Christ  knows  all. 
And  I  shall  be  with  him. 


CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCES    AND   GRACES.  197 

257.  s.  M. 

i  Trust. 

1  Our  times  are  in  thy  hand, 

O  God !  we  wish  them  there  ; 
Om*  life,  our  friends,  our  souls  we  leave 
Entirely  to  thy  care. 

2  Our  times  are  in  thy  hand, 
Whatever  they  may  be. 

Pleasing  or  painful,  dark  or  bright, 
As  best  may  seem  to  thee. 


I 


3  Our  times  are  in  thy  hand ; 
Why  should  we  doubt  or  fear? 

A  father's  hand  will  never  cause 
His  child  a  needless  tear. 

4  Our  times  are  in  thy  hand  ; 
We'll  always  trust  in  thee. 

Till  we  have  left  this  weary  land. 
And  all  thy  glory  see. 


258.  lis  M.  Kyle's  Col. 

Rest  in  Christ. 

1  O,  EYES  that  are  weary  and  hearts  that  are  sore. 
Look  off  unto  Jesus,  and  sorrow  no  more; 
The  light  of  his  countenance  shineth  so  bright. 
That  on  earth  as  in  heaven   there   need    be    no 

night. 

2  Looking  off  unto  Jesus,  my  spirit  is  blest: 

In  the  world  I  have  turmoil,  in  him  I  have  rest. 
The  sea  of  my  life  all  about  me  may  roar, 
When  I  look  unto  Jesus,  I  hear  it  no  more. 


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3  Looking  off  unto  Jesus,  I  go  not  astray ; 

My  eyes  are  on  him,  and  he  shows  me  the  way. 
The  path  may  seem  dark,  as  he  leads  me  along ; 
But,  following  Jesus,  I  cannot  go  wrong. 

4  Looking  off  unto  Jesus,  O  !  may  I  be  found, 
When    the   waters    of    Jordan    encompass    me 

round! 
Let  them  bear  me  away,  in  his  presence  to  be : 
'Tis  but  seeing  him  nearer  whom  always  I  see. 

5  Then,  then    shall    I    know  the  full  beauty  and 

grace 
Of  Jesus  my  Lord,  when  I  stand  face  to  face: 
I  shall  know  how  his  love  went  before  me  each 

day, 
And  wonder  that  ever  my  eyes  turned  away. 


GiLI,. 


259.  C.  M.    8  lines.  T.  H. 

Transformed  through  Christ.  \ 

1  O,  MEAN  may  seem  this  house  of  clay. 

Yet  'twas  the  Lord's  abode  ; 
Our  feet  may  mourn  this  thorny  way, 

Yet  here  Emmanuel  trod  : 
This  fleshly  robe  the  Lord  did  wear. 

This  watch  the  Lord  did  keep, 
These  burdens  sore  the  Loi-d  did  bear, 

These  tears  the  Lord  did  weep. 

2  Our  very  frailty  brings  us  near 

Unto  the  Lord  of  heaven, 
To  every  grief,  to  every  tear, 

Such  glory  strange  is  given ; 
But  not  tliis  fleshly  robe  alone 

Shall  link  us.  Lord,  to  thee; 
Not  always  in  the  tear  and  groan 

Shall  the  dear  kindred  be. 


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Thou  to  our  woe  who  down  didst  come, 

Who  one  with  us  would'st  be, 
Wilt  lift  us  to  thy  heavenly  home, 

Wilt  make  us  one  with  thee. 
Our  earthly  garments  thou  hast  worn, 

And  we  thy  robes  shall  wear ; 
Our  mortal  burdens  thou  hast  borne, 

And  we  thy  bliss  may  bear. 

O  mighty  grace,  our  life  to  live. 

To  make  our  earth  divine ; 
O  mighty  grace,  thy  heaven  to  give. 

And  lift  our  life  to  thine ! 
O,  strange  the  gifts,  and  marvellous. 

By  thee  received  and  given ! 
Thou  tookest  woe  and  death  from  us. 

And  we  receive  thy  heaven. 


?260.  7s    M.  TOPLADY. 

Jesus  pro  me  perjbratus. 

1  Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me, 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  thee ; 
Let  the  water  and  the  blood 
From  thy  riven  side  which  flowed 
Be  of  sin  the  double  cure  : 

Cleanse  me  from  its  wrath  and  power. 

2  Not  the  labors  of  my  hands 
Can  fulfil  thy  law's  demands ; 
Could  my  zeal  no  respite  know. 
Could  my  tears  for  ever  flow. 
All  for  sin  could  not  atone  : 
Thou  must  save,  and  thou  alone. 


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CHPJSTIAN    EXPERIENCES    AND    GRACES. 


Nothing  in  my  hand  I  bring, 
Simply  to  thy  cross  I  cling; 
Naked,  come  to  thee  for  dress ; 
Helpless,  look  to  thee  for  grace ; 
Foul,  I  to  thy  fountain  fly  : 
Wash  me,  Saviour,  or  I  die. 

While  I  draw  this  fleeting  breath, 
When  my  eyelids  close  in  death, 
When  J  soar  to  worlds  unknown. 
See  thee  on  thy  judgment  throne, 
Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me. 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  thee. 


261.  C.  M.  Xavier. 

Lcvefor  Christ. 

1  My  Lord,  I  love  thee,  not  because 

I  hope  for  heaven  thereby ; 
Nor  yet  because  if  I  love  not, 
I  must  for  ever  die. 

2  But,  O  my  Jesus !  thou  didst  me 

Upon  the  cross  embrace  ; 
For  me  didst  bear  the  nails  and  spear 
And  manifold  disgrace. 

3  Then  why,  O  blessed  Jesus  Christ ! 

Should  I  not  love  thee  well? 
Not  for  the  sake  of  winning  heaven, 
Or  of  escaping  hell ; 

4  Not  with  the  hope  of  gaining  aught, 

Not  seeking  a  reward  ; 
But  as  thyself  hast  loved  me, 
O  ever-loving  Lord ! 


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5  E'ea  so  I  love  thee,  and  will  love, 
And  in  thy  praise  will  sing ; 
Solely  because  thou  art  my  Lord 
And  my  eternal  King. 

S.  M.  Austin. 

God  our  Portion. 

1  Blest  be  thy  love,  dear  Lord, 
That  taught  us  this  sweet  way, 

Only  to  love  thee  for  thyself 
And  for  that  love  obey. 

2  O  thou,  our  soul's  chief  hope  ! 
We  to  thy  mercy  fly  ; 

Where'er  we  are,  thou  canst  protect, 
Whate'er  we  need,  supply. 

3  Whether  we  sleep  or  wake. 
To  thee  we  both  resign ;  • 

By  night  we  see,  as  well  as  day, 
If  thy  light  on  us  shine. 

4  Whether  we  live  or  die, 
Both  we  submit  to  thee  ; 

In  death  we  live  as  well  as  life, 
If  thine  in  death  we  be. 


L.  M.  O.  W.  Holmes. 

Hymn  of  Trust. 

O  Love  divine,  that  stooped  to  share 
Our  sharpest  pang,  our  bitterest  tear ! 
On  thee  we  cast  each  earth-born  care ; 
We  smile  at  pain  while  thou  art  near. 


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2  Though  long  the  weary  way  we  tread, 
And  sorrow  crown  each  lingering  year, 
No  path  we  shun,  no  darkness  dread. 
Our  hearts  still  whispering,  thou  art  near ! 

3  When  drooping  pleasure  turns  to  grief. 
And  trembling  faith  is  turned  to  fear. 
The  murmuring  wind,  the  quivering  leaf, 
Shall  softly  tell  us  thou  art  near ! 

4  On  thee  we  fling  our  burdening  woe, 

0  Love  divine,  for  ever  dear  ! 
Content  to  suffer,  while  we  know. 
Living  and  dying,  thou  art  near ! 

264.  CM.  Rat  Palmer. 

The  Will  of  God. 

1  Thy  holy  will,  my  God,  be  mine ; 

I  yield  my  all  to  thee  ; 
No  more  shall  thought  or  wish  repine, 
Whate'er  my  lot  shall  be. 

2  Thy  wisdom  is  a  mighty  deep. 

Beyond  my  thought  thy  grace  : 
My  soul  shall  lay  her  fears  asleep, 
Secure  in  thine  embrace. 

3  When  clouds  and  darkness  rule  the  hour. 

Thy  bow  on  high  I  see ; 
And  e'en  the  rending  tempest's  power 
Shall  work  but  good  for  me. 

4  At  every  step  mine  eyes  shall  turn 

To  watch  thy  guiding  hand;  \ 

My  dearest  wish  shall  be  to  learn  ♦ 

And  do  thy  pure  command.  | 


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5  Grant  me,  ray  God,  at  last  to  hear, 

Well-pleased,  the  call  to  die  ; 
And  'mid  the  shades,  with  vision  clear, 
To  see  my  Saviour  nigh. 

6  Then  when  thy  glory  breaks  on  me, 

All  radiant  as  the  sun. 
Be  this  the  joy  of  heaven,  —  to  see 
Thy  will  for  ever  done ! 

5.  L.  M.  S.  F.  Adams. 

Trust. 

1  He  sendeth  sun,  he  sendeth  shower ; 
Alike  they're  needful  for  the  flower ; 
And  joys  and  tears  alike  are  sent 
To  give  the  soul  fit  nourishment : 
As  comes  to  me  or  cloud  or  sun. 
Father,  thy  will,  not  mine,  be  done ! 

2  Can  loving  children  e'er  reprove 

With  murmurs  whom  they  trust  and  love  ? 

Creator  !  I  would  ever  be 

A  trusting,  loving  child  to  thee  : 

As  comes  to  me  or  cloud  or  sun. 

Father,  thy  will,  not  mine,  be  done ! 

3  O  ne'er  will  I  at  life  repine  ! 
Enough  that  thou  hast  made  it  mine ; 
When  falls  the  shadow  cold  of  death, 
I  yet  will  sing,  with  parting  breath, 
As  comes  to  me  or  cloud  or  sun, 
Father,  thy  will,  not  mine,  be  done  ! 


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266.  lis   &   lOs    M.  MOORB. 

Christian  Consolations. 

1  Come,  ye  disconsolate,  where'er  ye  languish  : 

Come,  at  the  shrine  of  God  fervently  kneel ;     - 
Here  bring  your  wounded  hearts,  here  tell  your; 
anguish. 
Earth  has  no  sorrow  that  heaven  cannot  heal. 

2  Joy  of  the  desolate.  Light  of  the  straying, 

Hope  of  the  penitent,  fadeless  and  pure ! 
Here  speaks  the  Comforter,  tenderly  saying. 
Earth  has  no  sorrow  that  heaven  cannot  cure. 

3  Here  see  the  bread  of  life;  see  waters  flowing 

Forth    from    the    throne    of    God,    pure    from 
above ; 
Come  to  the  feast  of  love;  come,  ever  knowing 
Earth  has  no  sorrow  but  heaven  can  remove. 


267.  lis  M.  Lutheran. 

Jesus  our  Home. 

1  'Mid  scenes  of   confusion,  and  creatures'  com- 

plaints, 
How  sweet  to  my  soul  the  communion  of  saints. 
To  find  at  the  banquet  of  mercy  there's  room, 
And  feel  in  the  presence  of  Jesus  at  home  I 

Home,  home,  sweet  home! 
Prepare  me,  dear  Saviour,  for  glory  my  home! 

2  Sweet  joys  that  unite  all  the  children  of  peace, 
And   thrice  precious  Jesus,  whose  love  cannot 

cease, 


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Though  oft  from  thy  presence  in  sadness  I  roam, 
I  long  to  behold  thee  in  glory  at  home. 

Home,  home,  sweet  home ! 
Prepare  me,  dear  Saviour,  for  glory  my  home  I 

3  I  long  from  this  body  of  sin  to  be  free. 

Which  hinders  my  joy  and  communion  with  thee. 
Though   now  my  temptations  like  billows  may 

foam, 
All,  all  will  be  peace  when  I'm  with  thee  at  home. 

Home,  home,  sweet  home ! 
Receive  me,  dear  Saviour,  in  glory  my  home  I 

4  While  here  in  this  valley  of  conflict  I  stay, 

Oh,  give  me  submission  and  strength  as  my  day  I 
Indulge  me  with  patience  to  wait  at  thy  throne 
And  find  even  here  a  sweet  foretaste  of  home. 

Home,  home,  sweet  home ! 
Prepare  me,  dear  Saviour,  for  glory,  my  home ! 

268.  8s  M.  *  Child's  Chk.  Year. 

"  Casting  all  your  care  upon  Him  ;  for  He  carethfor  you." 

1  O  Lord,  how  happy  should  we  be 
If  we  could  cast  our  care  on  thee, 
If  we  from  self  could  rest ! 

And  feel  at  heart  that  One  above 
In  perfect  wisdom,  perfect  love, 
Is  working  for  the  best. 

2  Could  we  but  kneel  and  cast  our  load. 
E'en  while  we  pray,  upon  our  God, 
Then  rise  with  lightened  cheer ; 

Sure  that  the  Father,  who  is  nigh 
To  still  the  famished  ravens'  cry, 
Will  hear  in  that  we  fear. 


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3  We  cannot  trust  him  as  we  should  ;  ' 
So  chafes  weak  nature's  restless  mood 

To  cast  its  peace  away ;  I 

But  birds  and  flowerets  round  us  preach, 
All,  all  the  present  evil  teach, 
Sufficient  for  the  day. 

4  Lord,  make  these  faithless  hearts  of  ours 
Such  lessons  learn  from  birds  and  flowers ; 
Make  them  from  self  to  cease  ; 

Leave  all  things  to  a  Father's  will. 
And  taste,  before  him  lying  still, 
E'en  in  affliction  peace.     Amen. 

2(39.  7s  M.  Newton. 

Quietness  and  Confidence. 

1  Quiet,  Lord,  my  froward  heart ; 
Make  me  teachable  and  mild. 
Upright,  simple,  free  from  art. 
Make  me  as  a  weaned  child ; 
From  distrust  and  envy  free. 
Pleased  with  all  that  pleases  thee. 

2  What  thou  shalt  to-day  provide, 
Let  me  as  a  child  receive ; 
What  to-morrow  may  betide, 
Calmly  to  thy  wisdom  leave ; 
'Tis  enough  that  thou  wilt  care : 
Why  should  I  the  burden  bear? 

3  As  a  little  child  relies 

On  a  care  beyond  his  own ; 
Knows  he's  neither  strong  nor  wise, 
Fears  to  stir  a  step  alone, — 
Let  me  thus  with  thee  abide. 
As  my  Father,  Guard,  and  Guide. 


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0.  7s  M.  Keble. 
Not  alone. 

1  Gales  from  heaven,  if  God  so  will, 
Sweeter  melodies  can  wake 

On  the  lonely  mountain  rill 
Than  the  meeting  waters  make. 
Who  hath  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
May  be  left,  but  not  alone. 

2  Sick  or  healthful,  slave  or  free, 
Wealthy,  or  despised  and  poor,  — 
What  is  that  to  him  or  thee, 

So  his  love  to  Christ  endure? 
When  the  shore  is  won  at  last. 
Who  will  count  the  billows  past  ? 

3  Only,  since  our  souls  will  slirink 
At  the  touch  of  natural  grief. 
When  our  earthly  loved  ones  sink, 
Lend  us.  Lord,  thy  sure  relief; 
Patient  hearts  their  pain  to  see, 
And  thy  grace,  to  follow  thee. 

1.  8s  &  6s  M.  Elliott. 

Thy  Will  be  done. 

1  My  God  and  Father,  while  I  stray 
Far  from  my  home  on  life's  rough  way, 
O  teach  me  from  my  heart  to  say. 

Thy  will  be  done ! 

2  Though  dark  my  path  and  sad  my  lot, 
Let  me  be  still  and  murmur  not ; 

Or  breathe  the  prayer  divinely  taught, 
Thy  will  be  done  I 


208  CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCES    AND    GRACES. 

3  Though  thou  hast  called  me  to  resign  , 
What  most  I  prized,  it  ne'er  was  mine :  I 
I  have  but  yielded  what  was  thine  ; 

Thy  will  be  done ! 

4  Let  but  my  fainting  heart  be  blest 
With  thy  sweet  Spirit  for  its  guest, 
My  God,  to  thee  I  leave  the  rest ; 

Thy  will  be  done ! 

5  Renew  my  will  from  day  to  day ; 
Blend  it  with  thine ;  and  take  away 
All  that  now  makes  it  hard  to  say, 

Thy  will  be  done ! 

6  Then,  when  on  earth  I  breathe  no  more 
The  prayer,  oft  mixed  with  tears  before, 
I'll  sing  upon  a  happier  shore, 

Thy  will  be  done ! 

272.  s.  M.  lyte. 

Christian  Confidence. 

1  My  spirit  on  thy  care, 
Blest  Saviour,  I  recline  ; 

Thou  wilt  not  leave  me  to  despair, 
For  thou  art  love  divine. 

2  In  thee  I  place  my  trust, 
On  thee  I  calmly  rest ; 

I  know  thee  good,  I  know  thee  just, 
And  count  thy  choice  the  best. 

3  Whate'er  events  betide. 
Thy  will  they  all  perform  ; 

Safe  in  thy  breast  my  head  I  hide, 
Nor  fear  the  corain^  storm. 


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4     Let  good  or  ill  befall, 
It  must  be  good  for  me ; 
Secure  of  having  thee  in  all, 
Of  having  ail  in  thee. 

273.  C.  M.  BONAR. 

Calmness. 

1  Calm  me,  my  God,  and  keep  me  calm. 

While  these  hot  breezes  blow ; 
Be  like  the  night  dew's  cooling  balm 
Upon  earth's  fevered  brow. 

2  Calm  me,  my  God,  and  keep  me  calm, 

Soft  resting  on  thy  breast ; 
Soothe  me  with  holy  hymn  and  psalm. 
And  bid  my  spirit  rest. 

3  Calm  me,  my  God,  and  keep  me  calm ; 

Let  thine  outstretched  wing 
Be  like  the  shade  of  Elim's  palm 
Beside  her  desert-spring. 

4  Yes :  keep  me  calm,  though  loud  and  rude 

The  sounds  my  ear  that  greet; 
Calm  in  the  closet's  solitude, 
Calm  in  the  bustling  street ; 

5  Calm  in  the  hour  of  buoyant  health. 

Calm  in  my  hour  of  pain  ; 

Calm  in  my  poverty  or  wealth, 

Calm  in  my  loss  or  gain ; 

6  Calm  in  the  sufferance  of  wrong. 

Like  him  who  bore  my  shame ; 
Calm  'mid  the  threatening,  taunting  throng. 
Who  hate  thy  holy  name  ; 
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210  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCES    AND    GRACES. 

7   Calm  as  the  ray  of  sun  or  star 
Which  storms  assail  in  vain, 
Moving  unruffled  through  earth's  war, 
The  eternal  calm  to  gain. 

274.  8s  &  7s  or  P.  M.  Spitta. 

Abiding  in  God. 

1  My  soul  in  God  abideth  still. 

And  ceasetli  her  complaining; 
Let  him  do  with  me  what  he  will, 

While  life  is  yet  remaining; 
He  is  my  Lord,  his  servant  I ; 
Do  what  he  will,  I  ask  not  why ; 

His  ways  are  truth  and  mercy. 

2  Therefore,  my  soul,  abide  thou  still 

In  God,  in  every  season. 
Who  orders  all  things  by  his  will, 

And  not  thy  feeble  reason  ; 
And,  when  the  end  shall  make  quite  clear 
The  things  which  now  so  dark  appear, 

Thou  shalt  give  God  the  glory. 

3  Then  wilt  thou  have  great  cause  for  praise. 

That,  conscious  of  thy  blindness. 
Thou  didst  not  murmur  in  dark  days. 

Nor  doubt  God's  loving-kindness  ; 
And,  when  thy  waiting  time  is  o'er, 
Thou  shalt  praise  God  for  evermore 

For  all  his  wondrous  mercies. 


CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCES    AND   GRACES.  211 

275.  12s  M.  Thorn-by. 

"  The  Voice  of  free  Grace." 

1  The  voice  of  free  grace  cries,  "  Escape  to  the 

mountain," 

For  Adam's  lost  race  Christ  hath  opened  a  foiui- 
tain ; 

For  sin  and  uncleanness,  and  every  transgres- 
sion, 

His  blood  fiows  most  freely  in  streams  of  salva- 
tion. 

Hallelujah  to  the  Lamb,  who  hath  bought  us  a 
pardon ! 

We'll  praise  him  again,  when  we  pass  over  Jor- 
dan. 

2  Ye  souls  that  are  wounded,  oh,  flee  to  the  Sav- 
iour : 

He  calls  you  in  mercy ;  'tis  infinite  favor. 

Your  sins  are  increasing;  escape  to  the  moun- 
tain : 

His  blood  can  remove  them,  it  flows  from  the 
fountain. 

Hallelujah  to  the  Lamb,  who  hath  bought  us  a 
pardon  I 

We'll  praise  him  again,  when  we  pass  over  Jor- 
dan. 

3  When    Zion   we    see,    having   gained    the   blest 

shore, 
With  harps  in  our  hands  we  will  praise  him  the 

more : 
We'll  range  the  sweet  plains  on  the  banks  of  the 

river. 
And  sing  of  salvation  for  ever  and  ever ! 


212  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCES    AND    GRACES. 

Hallelujah  to  the  Lamb,  who  hath  bought  us  a 
pardon ! 

We'll  praise  him  again,  when  we  pass  over  Jor- 
dan. 


276.  s.  M. 

Christian  Rest. 


Briggs's  Col. 


1  Come  to  the  land  of  peace, 
From  shadows  come  away, 

Where  all  the  sounds  of  weeping  cease, 
And  storms  no  more  have  sway. 

2  Fear  hath  no  dwelling  here  ; 
But  pure  repose  and  love 

Breathe  through  the  bright,  celestial  air 
The  Spirit  of  the  dove. 

3  Come  to  the  bright  and  blest. 
Gathered  from  every  land  ; 

For  here  thy  soul  shall  find  its  rest, 
Amidst  the  shining  band. 

4  In  this  divine  abode. 

Change  leaves  no  saddening  trace  ; 
Come,  trusting  spirit,  to  thy  God, 
Thy  holy  resting-place  I 


277.  L.  M. 

Rest  in  Christ 


Mrs.  Steele. 


Come,  weary  souls,  with  sins  distressed  : 
Come,  and  accept  the  promised  rest ; 
The  Saviour's  gracious  call  obey, 
And  cast  your  gloomy  fears  away. 


CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCES    AND    GRACES.  213 

2  Here  mercy's  boundless  ocean  flows, 

To  cleanse  your  guilt  and  heal  your  woes ; 
Pardon  and  life  and  endless  peace, 
How  rich  the  gift,  how  free  the  grace  I 

3  Dear  Saviour  !  let  thy  powerful  love 
Confirm  our  faith,  our  fears  remove  ; 
Oh !  sweetly  reign  in  every  breast, 
And  guide  us  to  eternal  rest. 


278.  CM.  B.  W.  Noel. 

The  Joy  set  before  us. 

1  When  musing  sorrow  weeps  the  past, 

And  mourns  the  present  pain, 
'Tis  sweet  to  think  of  peace  at  last, 
And  feel  that  death  is  gain. 

2  'Tis  not  that  murmuring  thoughts  arise, 

And  dread  a  Father's  will ; 
'Tis  not  that  meek  submission  flies, 
And  would  not  suffer  still. 

3  It  is  that  heaven-born  faith  surveys 

The  path  that  leads  to  light, 
And  longs  her  eagle  plumes  to  raise, 
And  lose  herself  in  sight. 

4  O  let  me  wing  my  hallowed  flight 
From  earth-born  woe  and  care. 

And  soar  above  these  clouds  of  night. 
My  Saviour's  bliss  to  share ! 


CHRISTIAN   RIGHTEOUSNESS   AND 
CHRISTIAN   BLESSEDNESS. 


279.  C.  M.  Barton 

"  Wall:  in  the  Light." 

1  Walk  in  the  light!   so  shalt  thou  know 

That  fellowship  of  love 
His  Spirit  only  can  bestow 
Who  reigns  in  light  above. 

2  Walk  in  the  lightl  and  thou  shalt  find 

Thy  heart  made  truly  his, 
Who  dwells  in  cloudless  light  enshrined, 
In  whom  no  darkness  is. 

3  Walk  in  the  light!  and  thou  shalt  own 

Thy  darkness  passed  away, 
Because  that  light  hath  on  thee  shone 
In  which  is  perfect  day. 

4  Walk  in  the  light !  and  e'en  the  tomb 

No  fearful  sliade  shall  wear ; 
Glory  shall  chase  away  its  gloom. 
For  Christ  hath  conquered  there ! 

5  Walk  in  the  light!  and  thine  shall  be 

A  path,  though  thorny,  bright : 
For  God,  by  grace,  shall  dwell  in  thee, 
And  God  himself  is  lisfht ! 


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CHRISTIAN   RIGHTEOUSNESS.  215 

280.  CM.  Watts. 

Sincerity  and  Hypoa'isy. 

1  God  is  a  Spirit  just  and  wise  ; 

He  sees  our  inmost  mind; 
In  vain  to  heaven  we  raise  our  cries, 
And  leave  our  souls  behind. 

2  Nothing  but  truth  before  his  throne 

With  honor  can  appear ; 
The  painted  hypocrites  are  known 
Through  the  disguise  they  wear. 

3  Their  lifted  eyes  salute  the  skies, 
Their  bending  knees  the  ground ; 

But  God  abhors  the  sacrifice 
Where  not  the  heart  is  sound. 

4  Lord,  search  my  thoughts,  and  try  my  ways, 

And  make  my  soul  sincere ; 
Then  shall  I  stand  before  thy  face. 
And  find  acceptance  there. 


Zol.  ^  8s  &  6s  M.  Dawson's  Hymns. 

The  Elect. 

1  The  saints  of  God  are  holy  men, 
And  women  good,  and  children  dear, 

All  those  who  ever  loved  the  Lord, 
Who  live  in  faith  and  fear. 

2  They  are  not  all  together  now ; 
For  some  are  dead  and  gone  before  ; 

And  some  are  striving  still  on  earth. 
Their  trial  is  not  o'er. 


♦ 


216  CHRISTIAN   RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

3  Great  numbers  are  they  of  all  states, 

And  born  in  every  place  and  land, 
Who  never  saw  each  other's  face. 
Nor  touched  each  other's  hand. 

4  But  they  are  all  made  one  in  Christ; 

They  love  each  other  tenderly, 
The  old  and  young,  the  rich,  the  poor. 
Of  that  great  company. 

5  And  there  shall  come  a  glorious  day. 

When  all  the  good  saints,  every  one, 
Shall  meet  within  their  Father's  home, 
And  stand  before  his  throne. 

282.  CM.  Weslky. 

Bear  ije  one  another's  Burdens. 

1  Help  us  to  help  each  other.  Lord, 

Kach  other's  cross  to  bear ; 

Let  each  his  friendly  aid  afford. 

And  feel  his  brother's  care. 

2  Help  us  to  build  each  other  up. 

Our  little  stock  improve  ; 
Increase  our  faith,  confirm  our  hope, 
And  perfect  us  in  love. 

3  Up  into  thee,  our  living  Head, 

Let  us  in  all  things  grow, 
Till  thou  hast  made  us  free  indeed, 
And  spotless  here  below. 


CHRISTIAN   RIGHTEOUSNESS.  217 

B.  L.  M.  Watts. 

The  Christian  Hace. 

1  Awake,  our  souls :  away,  our  fears  ; 
Let  every  trembling  thought  be  gone ; 
Awake,  and  run  the  heavenly  race, 
And  put  a  cheerful  courage  on. 

2  True,  'tis  a  straight  and  thorny  road, 
And  mortal  spirits  tire  and  faint; 
But  they  forget  the  mighty  God 

That  feeds  the  strength  of  every  saint,  — 

3  The  mighty  God,  whose  matchless  power, 
Is  ever  new  and  ever  young. 

And  firm  endures  while  endless  years 
Their  everlasting  circles  run. 

4  From  thee,  the  overflowing  Spring, 
Our  souls  shall  drink  a  fresh  supply ; 
While  such  as  trust  their  native  strength 
Shall  melt  away,  and  droop  and  die. 

5  Swift  as  an  eagle  cuts  the  air. 
We'll  mount  aloft  to  thine  abode  ; 
On  wings  of  love  our  souls  shall  fly. 
Nor  tire  amidst  the  heavenly  road. 

4.  L.  M.  Watts 

The  Christian  Warfare. 

Stand  up,  my  soul :  shake  off"  thy  fears, 
And  gird  the  gospel  armor  on ; 
March  to  the  gates  of  endless  joy, 
Where  thy  great  Leader,  Christ,  is  gone. 


218  CHEISTIAN   EIGHTEOUSNESS. 

2  Hell  and  thy  sins  resist  thy  course ; 
But  hell  and  sin  are  vanquished  foes : 
Thy  Jesus  nailed  them  to  the  cross,  M 
And  sung  the  triumph  when  he  rose.  f 

3  Then  let  my  soul  march  boldly  on, 
Press  forward  to  the  heavenly  gate ; 
There  peace  and  joy  eternal  reign. 

And  glittering  robes  for  conquerors  wait. 

4  There  shall  I  wear  a  starry  crown. 
And  triumph  in  almighty  grace ; 
While  all  the  armies  of  the  skies 
Join  in  my  glorious  Leader's  praise. 

JjOD.  C.  M.  DoDDIilDGE. 

The  Christian  Race, 

1  Awake,  my  soul :    stretch  every  nerve. 

And  press  with  vigor  on  ; 
A  heavenly  race  demands  thy  zeal, 
And  an  immortal  crown. 

2  A  cloud  of  witnesses  around 

Hold  thee  in  full  survey  ; 
Forget  the  steps  already  trod, 
And  onward  urge  thy  way. 

8  Tis  God's  all-animating  voice 
That  calls  thee  from  on  high ; 
'Tis  his  own  hand  presents  the  prize 
To  thine  aspiring  eye, — 

4  That  prize,  with  peerless  glories  bright, 
Which  shall  new  lustre  boast, 
When  victors'  wreaths  and  monarchs'  gems 
Shall  blend  in  common  dust. 


CHEISTIAN   RIGHTEOUSNESS.  219 

U.  C.  M.  Doddridge. 

Having  the  Son,  and  having  Life  in  him. 

1  O  HAPPY  Christian,  who  can  boast 

"  The  Son  of  God  is  mine  "  ! 
Happy,  though  humbled  in  the  dust, 
Rich  in  this  gift  divine. 

2  He  lives  the  life  of  heaven  below, 

And  shall  for  ever  live  ; 
Eternal  streams  from  Christ  shall  flow. 
And  endless  vigor  give. 

3  That  life  we  ask,  with  bended  knee, 

Nor  will  the  Lord  deny ; 
Nor  will  celestial  mercy  see 
Its  humble  suppliants  die. 

7.  C.  M.  Watts. 

The  hidden  Life  of  a  Christian. 

1  O  HAPPY  soul  that  lives  on  high. 

While  men  lie  grovelling  here  ! 
His  hopes  are  fixed  above  the  sky. 
And  faith  forbids  his  fear. 

2  His  conscience  knows  no  secret  stings, 

While  grace  and  joy  combine 
To  form  a  life  whose  holy  springs 
Are  hidden  and  divine. 

3  He  waits  in  secret  on  his  God  : 

His  God  in  secret  sees  ; 
Let  earth  be  all  in  arms  abroad, 
He  dwells  in  heavenly  peace. 


220  CHRISTIAN   RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

4  His  pleasures  rise  from  things  unseen, 

Beyond  this  world  and  time, 
Where  neither  eyes  nor  ears  have  been, 
Nor  thoughts  of  mortals  climb. 

5  He  wants  no  pomp  nor  royal  throne 

To  raise  his  figure  here. 
Content  and  pleased  to  live  unknown. 
Till  Christ,  his  Life,  appear. 

6  He  looks  to  heaven's  eternal  hills. 

To  meet  that  glorious  day  ; 
Dear  Lord,  how  slow  thy  chariot  wheels ! 
How  long  is  thy  delay ! 

288.  CM.  Brydges. 

Co7isec7'ation. 

1  My  God,  accept  my  heart  this  day. 

And  make  it  always  thine. 
That  I  from  thee  no  more  may  stray. 
No  more  from  thee  decline. 

2  Before  the  cross  of  him  who  died. 

Behold,  I  prostrate  fall; 
Let  every  sin  be  crucified, 
Let  Christ  be  all  in  all. 

8  Anoint  me  with  thy  heavenly  grace. 
Adopt  me  for  thine  own  ; 
That  I  may  see  thy  glorious  face, 
And  worship  at  thy  throne  I 

4  Let  every  thought  and  work  and  word 
To  thee  be  ever  given ; 
Tiien  life  shall  be  thy  service.  Lord, 
And  death  the  gate  of  heaven ! 


CHEISTIAN   EIGHTEOUSNESS.  221 

d.  8s  &  7s  M.  LvTK. 

1  Jesus,  I  my  cross  have  taken, 

All  to  leave,  and  follow  thee  ; 
Naked,  poor,  despised,  forsaken, 

Thou,  from  hence,  my  all  shalt  be. 
Perish  every  fond  ambition, 

All  I've  sought,  or  hoped,  or  known; 
Yet  how  rich  is  my  condition  ! 

God  and  heaven  are  still  my  own. 

2  Let  the  world  despise  and  leave  me, 

They  have  left  my  Saviour  too ; 
Human  hearts  and  looks  deceive  me, 

Thou  art  not  like  them,  untrue : 
And  while  thou  shalt  smile  upon  me, 

God  of  wisdom,  love,  and  might. 
Foes  may  hate  and  friends  disown  me ; 

Show  thy  face,  and  all  is  bright. 

3  Men  may  trouble  and  distress  me, 

'Twill  but  drive  me  to  thy  breast; 
Life  with  trials  hard  may  press  me, 

Heaven  will  bring  me  sweeter  rest. 
Oh !  'tis  not  in  grief  to  harm  me. 

While  thy  love  is  left  to  me ; 
Oh  !  'twere  not  in  joy  to  charm  me, 

Were  that  joy  unmixed  with  thee. 

4  Soul,  then  know  thy  full  salvation. 

Rise  o'er  sin  and  fear  and  care ; 
Joy  to  find  in  every  station 

Something  still  to  do  or  bear. 
Think  what  Spirit  dwells  within  thee ; 

Think  what  Father's  smiles  are  thine  ; 
Think  that  Jesus  died  to  win  thee ; 

Child  of  heaven,  canst  thou  repine  ? 


222  CHRISTIAN   RIGHTEOUSNESS.  Ill 

5  Haste  thee  on  from  grace  to  glory, 

Armed  by  faith  and  winged  by  prayer; 
Heaven's  eternal  gates  before  thee, 

God's  own  hand  shall  guide  thee  there. 
Soon  shall  close  thy  earthly  mission, 

Soon  shall  pass  thy  pilgrim  days ; 
Hope  shall  change  to  glad  fruition. 

Faith  to  sight,  and  prayer  to  praise. 


290.  CM.  Heber. 

Taking  up  the  Croxs. 

1  The  Son  of  God  goes  forth  to  war, 

A  kingly  crown  to  gain  ; 
His  blood-red  banner  streams  afar: 
Who  follows  in  his  train  ? 

2  Who  best  can  drink  his  cup  of  woe, 

And  triumph  over  pain, 
Who  patient  bear  his  cross  below. 
He  follows  in  his  train. 

3  The  martyr  first,  whose  eagle  eye 

Could  pierce  beyond  the  grave. 
Who  saw  his  Master  in  the  sky. 
And  called  on  him  to  save. 

4  Like  him,  with  pardon  on  his  tongue, 

In  midst  of  mortal  jjain, 
He  prayf;d  for  them  that  did  the  wrong : 
Who  follows  in  his  train  ? 

5  A  glorious  band,  the  chosen  few 

On  whom  the  Spirit  came ; 
Twelve  valiant  saints,  their  hope  they  knew, 
And  mocked  the  cross  and  flame. 


CHRISTIAN   RIGHTEOUSNESS.  223 

6  They  met  the  tyrant's  brandished  steel, 

The  lion's  gory  mane ; 
They  bowed  their  necks  the  death  to  feel : 
Who  follows  in  their  train  ? 

7  A  noble  army,  men  and  boys, 

The  matron  and  the  maid, 
Around  the  Saviour's  throne  rejoice, 
In  robes  of  light  arrayed. 

8  They  climbed  the  dizzy  steep  of  heaven. 

Through  peril,  toil,  and  pain : 
O  God !  to  us  may  grace  be  given, 
To  follow  in  their  train ! 


S.  M.  C.  Wesley. 

Watching,  Prayer,  and  Perseverance. 

1  A  CHARGE  to  keep  I  have, 
A  God  to  glorify  ; 

A  never-dying  soul  to  save, 

And  fit  it  for  the  sky  ; 

To  serve  the  present  age, 

My  calling  to  fulfil ; 
O,  may  it  all  my  powers  engage, 

To  do  my  Master's  will ! 

2  Arm  me  with  jealous  care. 
As  in  thy  sight  to  live ; 

And,  O,  thy  servant.  Lord,  prepare 

The  strict  account  to  give ; 

Help  me  to  watch  and  pray, 

And  on  thyself  rely. 
Assured,  if  I  my  trust  betray, 

I  shall  forsaken  die. 


C.  Wesley 


224  CHRISTIAN   RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

292.  c.  M. 

Watchfulness. 

1  I  WANT  a  principle  within 

Of  jealous,  godly  fear; 
A  sensibility  of  sin, 
A  pain  to  find  it  near. 

2  I  want  the  first  approach  to  feel. 

Of  pride,  or  fond  desire  ; 
To  catch  the  wandering  of  my  will, 
And  quench  the  kindling  fire. 

3  From  thee  that  I  no  more  may  part, 

No  more  thy  goodness  grieve, 
The  filial  awe,  the  fleshly  heart. 
The  tender  conscience  gi\4e. 

4  Quick  as  the  apple  of  an  eye, 

O  God  !  my  conscience  make  : 
Awake  my  soul,  when  sin  is  nigii, 
And  keep  it  still  awake. 


293.  s.M. 

For  Christian  Principle, 


Wesley's  Col. 


1     My  God,  my  strength,  my  hope, 
On  thee  I  cast  my  care, 
With  humble  confidence  look  uji. 
And  know  thou  hear'st  my  prayer. 
Give  me  on  thee  to  wait, 
Till  I  can  all  things  do  ; 
On  thee,  almighty  to  create. 
Almighty  to  renew. 


CHRISTIAN   RIGHTEOUSNESS.  225 

2  I  want  a  heart  to  pray, 
To  pray  and  never  cease ; 

Never  to  murmur  at  thy  stay, 

Or  wish  my  sufferings  less. 

This  blessing,  above  all. 

Always  to  pray,  —  I  want; 
Out  of  the  deep  on  thee  to  call, 

And  never,  never  faint. 

3  I  want  a  sober  mind, 
A  self-renouncing  will, 

That  tramples  down  and  casts  behind 

The  baits  of  pleasing  ill ; 

A  soul  inured  to  pain, 

To  hardship,  grief,  and  loss, 
Bold  to  take  up,  firm  to  sustain, 

The  consecrated  cross. 

4  I  want  a  godly  fear, 

A  quick  discerning  eye, 
That  looks  to  thee  when  sin  is  near. 

And  sees  the  tempter  fly ; 

A  spirit  still  prepared. 

And  armed  with  jealous  care, 
For  ever  standing  on  its  guard, 

And  watching  unto  prayer. 

5  I  want  a  true  regard, 
A  single,  steady  aim. 

Unmoved  by  threatening  or  reward. 

To  thee  and  thy  great  name ; 

A  zealous,  just  concern 

For  thine  immortal  praise  ; 
A  pure  desire  that  all  may  learn 

And  glorify  thy  grace. 
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226  CHRISTIAN   RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

6     I  rest  upon  thy  word  ; 
The  promise  is  for  me : 
My  succor  and  salvation,  Lord, 
Shall  surely  come  from  thee ; 
But  let  me  still  abide. 
Nor  from  my  hope  remove. 
Till  thou  my  patient  spirit  guide 
Into  thy  perfect  love. 


294.  L.  M.  Moravian. 

Aspiration. 

1  O  DRAW  me.  Father,  after  thee ! 
So  shall  I  run  and  never  tire; 
With  gracious  words  still  comfort  me ; 
Be  thou  my  hope,  my  sole  desire ; 
Free  me  from  every  weight ;  nor  fear 
Nor  sin  can  come,  if  thou  art  near. 

2  From  all  eternity,  with  love 
Unchangeable  thou  hast  me  viewed ; 
Ere  knew  this  beating  heart  to  move, 
Thy  tender  mercies  me  pursued ; 
Ever  with  me  may  they  abide, 
And  close  me  in  on  every  side. 

3  In  suffering  be  thy  love  my  peace ; 
In  weakness  be  thy  love  my  power; 
And  when  the  storms  of  life  shall  cease, 
O  Father!  in  my  latest  hour, 
In  death  as  life,  be  thou  my  guide, 
And  draw  me  closer  to  thy  side. 


CHRISTIAN   RIGHTEOUSNESS.  227 

5.  L.  M.  C.  Weslkt. 

Spiritual  Needs. 

1  I  WANT  the  spirit  of  power  within, 
Of  love,  and  of  a  healthful  mind ; 
Of  power  to  conquer  every  sin ; 
Of  love  to  God  and  all  mankind  ; 
Of  health  that  pain  and  death  defies, 
Most  vigorous  when  the  body  dies. 

2  O  that  the  Comforter  would  come, 
Nor  visit  as  a  transient  guest. 
But  fix  in  me  his  constant  home. 
And  keep  possession  of  my  breast; 
And  make  my  soul  his  loved  abode, 
The  temple  of  indwelling  God ! 

5.  L.  M.  Exeter  Col. 

Steadfast7iess  and  Watchfulness  implored. 

1  Great  God,  my  Father,  and  my  Friend, 
On  whom  I  cast  my  constant  care. 

On  whom  for  all  things  I  depend. 
To  thee  I  raise  my  humble  prayer. 

2  Endue  me  with  a  holy  fear; 
The  frailty  of  my  heart  reveal ; 
Sin  and  its  snares  are  always  near; 
Thee  may  I  always  nearer  feel. 

3  O  that  to  thee  my  constant  mind 
May  with  a  steady  flame  aspire. 
Pride  in  its  earliest  motions  find, 
And  check  the  rise  of  wrong  desire ! 


228  CHRISTIAN.  EIGHTEOUSNESS. 

4  O  that  my  watchful  soul  may  fly 
The  first-perceived  approach  of  sin, 
Look  up  to  thee  when  danger's  nigh, 
And  feel  thy  fear  control  within  I 

5  Search,  gracious  God,  my  inmost  heart; 
From  guilt  and  error  set  me  free ; 

Thy  light  and  truth  and  peace  impart, 
And  guide  me  safe  to  heaven  and  thee. 


297.  B.  M.  DoDDRIDGi: 

The  active  Christian. 

1  Ye  servants  of  the  Lord, 
Each  in  his  office  wait. 

Observant  of  his  heavenly  word, 
And  watchful  at  his  gate. 

2  Let  all  your  lamps  be  bright, 
And  trim  the  golden  flame ; 

Gird  up  your  loins,  as  in  his  sight. 
For  awful  is  his  name. 

3  Watch  !  'tis  your  Lord's  command  ; 
And  while  we  speak,  he's  near ; 

Mark  the  first  signal  of  his  hand. 
And  ready  all  appear. 

4  O  happy  servant  he 

In  such  a  posture  found! 
He  shall  his  Lord  with  rapture  see, 
And  be  with  honor  crowned. 


CHEISTIAN  RIGHTEOUSNESS.  229 

jaO.  L.  M.  Mrs.  Barbauld. 

Vigilance  amidst  Temptations. 

1  Awake,  my  soul :  lift  up  thine  eyes  ; 
See  where  thy  foes  against  thee  rise, 
In  long  array,  a  numerous  host ; 
Awake,  my  soul,  or  thou  art  lost. 

2  Thou  tread'st  upon  enchanted  ground; 
Perils  and  snares  beset  thee  round ; 
Beware  of  all ;  guard  every  part, 

But  most  the  traitor  in  thy  heart. 

3  Come,  then,  my  soul :  now  learn  to  wield 
The  weight  of  thine  immortal  shield ; 
Put  on  the  armor  from  above 

Of  heavenly  truth  and  heavenly  love. 

4  The  terror  and  the  charm  repel, 

And  powers  of  earth  and  powers  of  hell; 
The  Man  of  Calvary  triumphed  here : 
Why  should  his  faithful  followers  fear? 

l99.  L.  M.  Mrs.  Steele. 

The  Christian's  Resolution. 

1  Ah,  wretched  souls,  who  strive  in  vain. 
Slaves  to  the  world,  and  slaves  to  sin  ! 
A  nobler  toil  may  I  sustain, 

A  nobler  satisfaction  win. 

2  May  I  resolve  with  all  my  heart, 
With  all  my  powers,  to  serve  the  Lord  ; 
Nor  from  his  precepts  e'er  depart, 
Whose  service  is  a  rich  reward. 


230  CHRISTIAN   RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

3  Be  this  the  purpose  of  my  sovil, 
My  solemn,  my  determined  choice, 
To  yield  to  his  supreme  control, 
And  in  his  kind  commands  rejoice. 

4  O,  may  I  never  faint  nor  tire, 

Nor,  wandering,  leave  his  sacred  ways ; 
Great  God,  accept  my  soul's  desire. 
And  give  me  strength  to  live  thy  praise. 


300.  L.  M.  Oberlin.1 

Self -Dedication. 

1  O  Lord!  thy  heavenly  grace  impart, 
And  fix  my  frail,  inconstant  heart ; 
Henceforth  my  chief  desire  shall  be 
To  dedicate  myself  to  thee. 

2  Whate'er  pursuits  my  time  employ, 
One  thought  shall  fill  my  soul  with  joy ; 
That  silent,  secret  thought  shall  be. 
That  all  my  hopes  are  fixed  on  thee. 

3  Thy  glorious  eye  pervadeth  space  ; 
Thy  presence,  Lord,  fills  every  place ; 
And,  wheresoe'er  my  lot  may  be, 
Still  shall  my  spirit  cleave  to  thee. 

4  Renouncing  every  worldly  thing, 
And  safe  beneath  thy  sheltering  wing, 
My  sweetest  thought  henceforth  shall  be. 
That  all  I  want  I  find  in  tiiee. 


CHRISTIAN    BLESSEDNESS.  231 

OUl.  S.  M.  Anonymous. 

The  Blessing  of  Meekness, 

1  "  Blest  are  the  meek,"  he  said, 
Whose  doctrine  is  divine ; 

The  humble-minded  earth  possess, 
And  bright  in  heaven  will  shine. 

2  While  here  on  earth  they  stay, 
Calm  peace  with  them  shall  dwell ; 

And  cheerful  hope  and  heavenly  joy 
Beyond  what  tongue  can  tell. 

3  The  God  of  peace  is  theirs  ; 
They  own  his  gracious  sway; 

And,  yielding  all  their  wills  to  him. 
His  sovereign  laws  obey. 

4  No  angry  passions  move, 
No  envy  fires  the  breast ; 

The  prospect  of  eternal  peace 
Bids  every  trouble  rest. 

5  O  gracious  Father!  grant 
That  we  this  influence  feel. 

That  all  we  hope,  or  wish,  may  be 
Subjected  to  thy  will. 

302.  S.M.  Keblk. 

The  Pure  in  Heart. 

1     Blest  are  the  pure  in  heart. 
For  they  shall  see  our  God  ; 
The  secret  of  the  Lord  is  theirs ; 
Their  soul  is  Christ's  abode. 


232  CHRISTIAN    BLESSEDNESS. 

2     Still  to  the  lowly  soul 
He  doth  himself  impart; 
And  for  his  cradle  and  his  throne 
Chooseth  the  pure  in  heart. 

303.  C.  M.  Watts. 

Holy  Fortitude. 

1  Am  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross, 

A  follower  of  the  Lamb  ? 
And  shall  I  fear  to  own  his  cause, 
Or  blush  to  speak  his  name  ? 

2  Must  I  be  carried  to  the  skies 

On  flowery  beds  of  ease, 
While  others  fought  to  win  the  prize, 
And  sailed  through  bloody  seas  ? 

3  Sure  I  must  fight,  if  I  would  reign ; 

Increase  my  courage,  Lord  ; 
I'll  bear  the  toil,  endure  the  pain. 
Supported  by  thy  word. 

4  Thy  saints,  in  all  this  glorious  war. 

Shall  conquer,  though  they  die  ; 
They  see  the  triumph  from  afar, 
And  seize  it  with  their  eye. 

304.  C.  P.  M.  Wesley's  Col. 

True  Wisdom. 

1  Be  it  my  only  wisdom  here, 

To  serve  the  Lord  with  filial  fear, 

With  loving  gratitude  : 
Superior  sense  may  I  display. 
By  shunning  every  evil  way, 

And  walking  in  the  good. 


CHEISTIAN    BLESSEDNESS.  233 

2  O  may  I  still  from  sin  depart ! 
A  wise  and  understanding  heart, 

Father,  to  me  be  given ! 
And  let  me  through  thy  Spirit  know 
To  glorify  my  God  below. 

And  find  my  way  to  heaven. 

OUO.  S.  M.  Hekbeet. 

All  Wojk  divine. 

1  Teach  me,  my  God  and  King, 
In  all  things  thee  to  see  ; 

And  what  I  do  in  any  thing, 
To  do  it  as  for  thee ! 

2  To  scorn  the  senses'  sway. 
While  still  to  thee  I  tend ; 

In  all  I  do  be  thou  the  way ; 
In  all  be  thou  the  end. 

3  All  may  of  thee  partake ; 
Nothing  so  small  can  be. 

But  draws,  when  acted  for  thy  sake, 
Greatness  and  worth  from  thee. 

4  If  done  beneath  thy  laws, 
E'en  servile  labors  shine  ; 

Hallowed  is  toil,  if  this  the  cause  ; 
The  meanest  w^ork  divine. 

306.  7s  &  6s  M.  Wesley. 

Trust. 

1  See  the  Lord,  thy  Helper,  stand, 
Omnipotently  near ; 
Lo !  he  holds  thee  by  the  hand, 
And  banishes  thy  fear ; 


234  CHKISTIAN   BLESSEDNESS. 

Shadows  with  his  wings  thy  head ; 
Guards  from  all  impending  harms ; 
Round  thee  and  beneath  are  spread 
The  everlasting  arms. 

2  God  shall  bless  thy  going  out, 

Shall  bless  thy  coming  in ; 
Kindly  compass  thee  about, 

And  guard  from  every  sin. 
Lean  upon  thy  Father's  breast : 
He  thy  quiet  spirit  keeps ; 
Rest  in  him,  securely  rest; 

Thy  Guardian  never  sleeps. 

3  O  my  soul !  unceasing  pray, 

And  in  thy  God  confide ; 
He  our  faltering  steps  shall  stay, 

Nor  suffer  us  to  slide. 
He  is  still  our  sure  defence  ; 
We  his  ceaseless  care  shall  prove, 
Kept  by  watchful  Providence 

And  ever-waking  love. 


307.  S.  M.  Moravian, 

The  Christian  encouraged. 

1  Give  to  the  winds  thy  fears ; 
Hope,  and  be  undismayed ; 

God  hears  thy  sighs,  and  counts  thy  tears ; 
God  shall  lift  up  thy  head. 

2  Through  waves,  through  clouds  and  storms, 
He  gently  clears  thy  way ; 

Wait  thou  his  time ;  so  shall  the  night 
Soon  end  in  joyous  day. 


CHKISTIAN    BLESSEDNESS.  235 

»     He  everywhere  hath  rule, 

And  all  things  serve  his  might; 
His  every  act  pure  blessing  is, 
His  path  unsullied  light. 

[     Thou  comprehend'st  him  not; 

Yet  earth  and  heaven  tell, 
God  sits  as  Sovereign  on  the  throne ; 

He  ruleth  all  things  well. 

)     Thou  seest  our  weakness,  Lord ; 

Our  hearts  are  known  to  thee ; 
O,  lift  thou  up  the  sinking  hand, 

Confirm  the  feeble  knee  I 

)     Let  us,  in  life  or  death, 

Boldly  thy  truth  declare, 
And  publish,  with  our  latest  breath, 

Thy  love  and  guardian  care. 


308.  S.M. 


J.  Weslet. 


1  Commit  thou  all  thy  griefs 
And  ways  into  his  hands. 

To  his  sure  trust  and  tender  care, 
Who  earth  and  heaven  commands. 

2  Who  points  the  clouds  their  course, 
Whom  winds  and  seas  obey. 

He  shall  direct  thy  wandering  feet. 
He  shall  prepare  thy  way. 

3  No  profit  canst  thou  gain 
By  self-consuming  care ; 

To  him  commend  thy  cause :  his  ear 
Attends  the  softest  prayer. 


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4     Thou  on  the  Lord  rely, 
So  safe  shalt  thou  go  on ; 
Fix  on  his  work  thy  steadfast  eye, 
So  shall  thy  work  be  done. 


309.  L.  M.  Sir  H.  WoTTON 

The  Character  of  a  happy  Life. 

1  How  happy  is  he  born  and  taught. 
That  serveth  not  another's  will, 
Whose  armor  is  his  honest  thought, 
And  simple  truth  his  utmost  skill  I 

2  Whose  passions  not  his  masters  are. 
Whose  soul  is  still  prepared  for  death, 
Untied  unto  the  world  by  care 
Of  public  fame,  or  private  breath  ; 

3  Who  envies  none  that  chance  doth  raise. 
Nor  vice  hath  ever  understood. 
How  deepest  wounds  are  given  by  praise, 
Nor  rules  of  state,  but  rules  of  good  ; 

4  Who  hath  his  life  from  rumors  freed ; 
Whose  conscience  is  his  strong  retreat; 
Whose  state  can  neither  flatterers  feed, 
Nor  ruin  make  oppressors  great ; 

5  Who  God  doth  late  and  early  pray 
More  of  his  grace  than  gifts  to  lend. 
And  entertains  the  harmless  day 
With  a  religious  book  or  friend, — 

6  This  man  is  freed  from  servile  bands 
Of  hope  to  rise,  or  fear  to  fall ; 
Lord  of  himself,  though  not  of  lands, 
And  having  nothing,  yet  hath  all. 


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OH  r\  Q  ]y[  Doddridge. 

Walking  vv'th  God. 

1  Thrice  happy  souls,  who,  bom  from  heaven, 

While  yet  they  sojourn  here, 
Thus  all  their  days  with  God  begin, 
And  spend  them  in  his  fear ! 

2  'Midst  hourly  cares  may  love  present 

Its  incense  to  thy  throne. 
And,  while  the  world  our  hands  employs, 
Our  hearts  be  thine  alone. 

3  As  sanctified  to  noblest  ends. 

Be  each  refreshment  sought. 
And  by  each  various  providence 
Some  wise  instruction  brought. 

4  When  to  laborious  duties  called, 

Or  by  temptations  tried. 
We'll  seek  the  shelter  of  thy  wings, 
And  in  thy  strength  confide. 

5  As  different  scenes  of  life  arise. 

Our  grateful  hearts  would  be 
With  thee  amidst  the  social  band, 
In  solitude  with  thee. 

6  In  solid,  pure  delights  like  these, 

Let  all  my  days  be  passed ; 
Nor  shall  I  then  impatient  wish, 
Nor  shall  I  fear  the  last. 


238  CHRISTIAN    BLESSEDNESS. 

311.  CM.  Logan. 

Heavenly  Wisdom. 

1  O,  HAPPY  is  the  man  who  hears 

Instruction's  warning  voice, 
And  who  celestial  Wisdom  makes 
His  early,  only  choice. 

2  For  she  has  treasures  greater  far 

Than  east  or  west  unfold  ; 
And  her  rewards  more  precious  are 
Than  all  their  stores  of  gold. 

8  In  her  right  hand  she  holds  to  view 
A  length  of  happy  days ; 
Riches,  with  splendid  honors  joined, 
Are  what  her  left  displays. 

4  She  guides  the  young,  with  innocence, 

In  pleasure's  paths  to  tread ; 
A  crown  of  glory  she  bestows 
Upon  the  hoary  head. 

5  According  as  her  labors  rise, 

So  her  rewards  increase  ; 
Her  ways  are  ways  of  pleasantness, 
And  all  her  paths  are  peace. 

312.  C.  P.  M.  Henry  Mooke. 

Tlie  Charms  of  Virtue  imperishable. 

1   All  earthly  charms,  however  dear, 
Howe'er  they  please  the  eye  or  ear, 

Will  quickly  fade  and  fly ; 
Of  earthly  glory  faint  the  blaze. 
And  soon  the  transitory  rays 

In  endless  darkness  die. 


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CHRISTIAN   BLESSEDNESS.  239 

2  The  nobler  beauties  of  the  just 
Shall  never  moulder  in  the  dust, 

Or  know  a  sad  decay ; 
Their  honors  time  and  death  defy, 
And  round  the  throne  of  heaven  on  high 
Beam  everlasting  day. 

i   313.  12s  M.  Gaskell. 

j  Joy  in  the  Lord. 

I   1  I  AM  free!  I  am  free!  I  have  broken  away 
1        From  the  chambers  of  night  to  the  splendors  of 
day; 
All  the  phantoms  that  darkened  around  me  are 

And  a  spirit  of  light  is  now  leading  me  on. 

2  Earth  appeareth  in  garments  of  beauty  new  drest; 

I    Brighter  thoughts,  brighter  feelings,  spring  forth 
in  my  breast; 
Happy  voices  are  floating  in  music  above ; 
All  creation  is  full  of  the  glory  of  love. 

3  God  of  truth !  it  is  thou  who  hast  shed  down 

each  ray 
Of  the  sunshine  that  blesses  and  gladdens   my 

fway; 
From  the  depths  of  my  spirit  to  thee  will  I  give 
Ever  thankful  aftection  as  lonff  as  I  live. 


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314:.  CM.  St.  Bernard. 

Joy  in  Christ. 

1  Jesus,  the  very  thought  of  thee 

With  sweetness  fills  my  breast ; 
But  sweeter  far  thy  face  to  see 
And  in  thy  presence  rest. 


240  CHRISTIAN   BLESSEDNESS. 

2  Nor  voice  can  sing,  nor  heart  can  frame, 
Nor  can  the  memory  find 
A  sweeter  sound  than  thy  blest  name,  ) ' 

O  Saviour  of  mankind ! 


O  hope  of  every  contrite  heart ! 

O  joy  of  all  the  meek ! 
To  those  who  fall,  how  kind  thou  art! 

How  good  to  those  who  seek ! 

But  what  to  those  who  find  ?     Ah !  this, 
Nor  tongue  nor  pen  can  show ; 

The  love  of  Jesus,  what  it  is, 
None  but  his  loved  ones  know. 


Hife,  Mmi),  jfuturltg. 


315.  L.  M.  J.  Taylou, 

True  Length  of  Life. 

1  Like  shadows  gliding  o'er  the  plain, 
Or  clouds  that  roll  successive  on, 
Man's  busy  generations  pass, 

And  while  we  gaze,  their  forms  are  gone. 

2  "  He  lived,  —  he  died ;  "  behold  the  sum, 
The  abstract  of  the  historian's  page ! 
Alike,  in  God's  all-seeing  eye, 

The  infant's  day,  the  patriarch's  age. 

3  O  Father,  in  whose  mighty  hand 
The  boundless  years  and  ages  lie  ! 
Teach  us  thy  boon  of  life  to  prize, 
And  use  the  moments  as  they  fly  ; 

4  To  crowd  the  narrow  span  of  life 
With  wise  designs  and  virtuous  deeds : 
So  shall  we  wake  from  death's  dark  night 
To  share  the  glory  that  succeeds. 

316.  S.  M.  DODDKIDGi: 

The  Uncertainty  of  Life. 

1     To-morrow,  Lord,  is  thine. 
Lodged  in  thy  sovereign  hand ; 
And  if  its  sun  arise  and  shine. 
It  shines  by  thy  command. 

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242  LIFE,    DEATH,    FUTURITY. 

2  The  present  moment  flies, 
And  bears  our  life  away  ; 

O,  make  thy  servants  truly  wise, 
That  they  may  live  to-day  ! 

3  One  thing  demands  our  care  ; 
O,  be  it  still  pursued ! 

Lest,  slighted  once,  the  season  fair 
Should  never  be  renewed. 

4  To  Jesus  may  we  fly, 
Swift  as  the  morning  light. 

Lest  life's  young,  golden  beams  should  die 
In  sudden,  endless  night. 


317.  CM. 

The  Hour  Glass. 


J.  Q.  Adams. 


Alas  !  how  swift  the  moments  fly  ! 

How  flash  the  years  along! 
Scarce  here,  yet  gone  already  by. 

The  burden  of  a  song. 
See  childhood,  youth,  and  manhood,  pass, 

And  age,  with  furrowed  brow ; 
Time  was  :  Time  shall  be ;  but  alas  ! 

Where,  where,  in  Time  is  noiv  ? 

Time  is  the  measure  but  of  change ; 

No  present  hour  is  found  ; 
The  past,  the  future,  fill  the  range 

Of  Time's  unceasing  round. 
Where,  then,  is  noio?    In  realms  above, 

With  God's  atoning  Lamb, 
In  regions  of  eternal  love. 

Where  sits  enthroned  I  AM. 


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Then,  pilgrim,  let  thy  joys  and  tears 

On  Time  no  longer  lean ; 
But  henceforth  all  thy  hopes  and  fears 

From  earth's  affections  wean  : 
To  God  let  votive  accents  rise ; 

With  truth,  with  virtue  live ; 
So  all  the  bliss  that  Time  denies 

Eternity  shall  give. 


C.  M.  Watts. 

Man  frail  and  God  eternal.     Ps.  90. 

Our  God,  our  help  in  ages  past, 

Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 
Our  shelter  from  the  stormy  blast, 

And  our  eternal  home, — 

Before  the  hills  in  order  stood. 

Or  earth  received  her  frame. 
From  everlasting  thou  art  God, 

To  endless  years  the  same. 

Thy  word  commands  our  flesh  to  dust, — 

"  Return,  ye  sons  of  men  : " 
All  nations  rose  from  earth  at  first, 

And  turn  to  earth  again. 

A  thousand  ages  in  thy  sight 

Are  like  an  evening  gone, 
Short  as  the  watch  that  ends  the  night, 

Before  the  rising  sun. 

Time,  like  an  ever-rolling  stream, 

Bears  all  its  sons  away ; 
They  fly  forgotten,  as  a  dream 

Dies  at  the  opening  day. 


244  LIFE,    DEATH,    FUTURITY. 


6   Our  God,  our  help  in  ages  past, 
Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 
Be  thou  our  guard  while  troubles  last, 
And  our  eternal  home. 


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319.  KM. 

Man  mortal  and  God  eternal.     Ps.  90. 


Watts. 


1  Through  every  age,  eternal  God, 
Thou  art  our  rest,  our  safe  abode : 
High  was  thy  throne  ere  heaven  was  made 
Or  earth,  thy  humble  footstool,  laid. 

2  Long  hadst  thou  reigned  ere  time  began, 
Or  dust  was  fashioned  to  a  man  ; 

And  long  thy  kingdom  shall  endure. 
When  earth  and  time  shall  be  no  more. 

3  Death,  like  an  overflowing  stream. 
Sweeps  us  away ;  our  life's  a  dream. 
An  empty  tale,  a  morning  flower, 
Cut  down  and  withered  in  an  hour. 

4  Teach  us,  O  Lord !  how  frail  is  man. 
And  kindly  lengthen  out  our  span. 
Till  a  wise  care  of  piety 

Fit  us  to  die  and  dwell  with  thee. 


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320.  c.  M. 

Human  Frailtij,  and  God  our  Preserver. 

1  Let  others  boast  how  strong  they  be, 
Nor  death  nor  danger  fear  ; 
But  we'll  confess,  O  Lord  !  to  thee. 
What  feeble  thinsfs  we  are. 


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2  Fresh  as  the  grass  our  bodies  stand, 
And  flourish  bright  and  gay ; 

A  blasting  wind  sweeps  o'er  the  land. 
And  fades  the  grass  away. 

3  Our  life  contains  a  thousand  springs. 
And  dies  if  one  be  gone  : 

Strange  that  a  harp  of  thousand  strings 
Should  keep  in  tune  so  long. 

4  But  'tis  our  God  supports  our  frame. 
The  God  that  built  us  first ; 

:  Salvation  to  the  almighty  name 

That  reared  us  from  the  dust. 

oJiJ-.  C.  M.  Doddridge. 

The  Blind  and  Weak  led  in  God's  Ways.     Isa.  xlii.  16. 

1  Praise  to  the  radiant  Source  of  bliss. 

Who  gives  the  blind  their  sight. 
And  scatters  round  their  wondering  eyes 
A  flood  of  sacred  light. 

2  In  paths  unknown  he  leads  them  on 

To  his  divine  abode. 
And  shows  new  miracles  of  grace 
Through  all  the  heavenly  road. 

3  The  ways,  all  rugged  and  perplexed. 
He  renders  smooth  and  straight, 

And  strengthens  every  feeble  knee 
To  march  to  Zion's  gate. 

4  Through  all  the  path  I'll  sing  his  name. 
Till  I  the  mount  ascend, 

Where  toils  and  storms  are  known  no  more, 
And  anthems  never  end. 


246  LIFE,    DEATH,   FUTURITY. 

o2jJi.  C.  M.  Doddridge 

The  High-Way  to  Zion. 

1  Sing,  ye  redeemed  of  the  Lord, 

Your  great  Deliverer  sing; 
Pilgrims  for  Zion's  city  bound, 
Be  joyful  in  your  King. 

2  See  the  fair  way  his  hand  hath  raised, 

How  holy  and  how  plain ! 
Nor  shall  the  simplest  travellers  err, 
Nor  ask  the  track  in  vain. 

8  No  ravening  lion  shall  destroy, 
Nor  lurking  serpent  wound  ; 
Pleasure  and  safety,  peace  and  praise. 
Through  all  the  path  are  found. 

4  A  hand  divine  shall  lead  you  on 

Through  all  the  blissful  road. 
Till  to  the  sacred  mount  you  rise. 
And  see  your  smiling  God. 

5  There  garlands  of  immortal  joy 

Shall  bloom  on  every  head. 
While  sorrow,  sighing,  and  distress, 
Like  shadows,  all  are  fled. 

6  March  on  in  your  Redeemer's  strength 

Pursue  his  footsteps  still ; 
And  let  the  prospect  cheer  your  eye 
While  laboring  up  the  hill. 


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r  O^O.  S.  M.  Doddridge. 

Wise  Use  of  the  Light  before  the  Night  cometh. 

1     The  swift-declining  day. 
How  fast  its  moments  fly ! 
While  evening's  broad  and  gloomy  shade 
Gains  on  the  western  sky. 

jp      2     Ye  mortals,  mark  its  pace. 
And  use  the  hours  of  light ; 
And  know  its  Maker  can  command 
An  instantaneous  night. 

3  His  word  blots  out  the  sun 
In  its  meridian  blaze. 

And  cuts  from  smiling,  vigorous  youth 
The  remnant  of  its  days. 

4  On  the  dark  mountain's  brow 
Your  feet  shall  quickly  slide^ 

And  from  its  airy  summit  dash 
Your  momentary  pride. 

5  Give  glory  to  the  Lord, 
Who  rules  the  whirling  sphere ; 

Submissive  at  his  footstool  bow, 
And  seek  salvation  there. 

6  Then  shall  new  lustre  break 
Through  horror's  darkest  gloom, 

And  lead  you  to  unchanging  light 
In  a  celestial  home. 


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Oz4:.  L.  M.  Doddridge. 

The  iveeping  Secd-Time  and  joyful  Harvest.     Ps.  cxxvi.  5,  G. 

1  The  darkened  sky,  how  thick  it  lowers  I 
Troubled  with  storms,  and  big  with  showers ; 
No  cheerful  gleam  of  light  ajjpears, 
But  Nature  pours  forth  all  her  tears. 

2  Yet  let  the  sons  of  grace  revive  : 
God  bids  the  soul  that  seeks  him  live ; 
And  from  the  gloomiest  shade  of  night 
Calls  forth  a  morning  of  delight. 

3  The  seeds  of  ecstasy  unknown 
Are  in  these  watered  furrows  sown  ; 
See  the  green  blades,  how  thick  they  rise  ! 
And  with  fresh  verdure  bless  our  eyes. 

4  In  secret  foldings  they  contain 
Unnumbered  ears  of  golden  grain  ; 
And  heaven  shall  ])our  its  beams  around, 
Till  the  ripe  harvest  load  the  ground. 

5  Then  shall  the  trembling  mourner  come. 
And  find  his  sheaves,  and  bear  them  home  ; 
The  voice  long  broke  with  sighs  shall  sing, 
Till  heaven  with  hallelujahs  ring. 


325.  L.M. 

The  Wisdom  of  redeeming  Time. 


Doddridge. 


God  of  eternity,  from  thee 
Did  infant  Time  his  being  draw; 
Moments  and  days,  and  months  and  years, 
Revolve  by  thine  unvaried  law. 


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2  Silent  and  slow  they  glide  away  ; 
Steady  and  strong  the  current  Hows, 
Lost  in  eternity's  wild  sea. 

The  boundless  gulf,  from  whence  it  rose. 

3  With  it  the  thoughtless  sons  of  men 
Before  the  rapid  stream  are  borne 
On  to  that  everlasting  home, 
Whence  not  one  soul  can  e'er  return. 

4  Yet  while  the  shore,  on  either  side, 
Presents  a  gaudy  flattering  show, 
We  gaze,  in  fond  amusement  lost, 
Nor  think  to  what  a  world  we  go. 

5  Great  Source  of  wisdom,  teach  ray  heart 
To  know  the  price  of  every  hour ; 

That  time  may  bear  me  on  to  joys 
Beyond  its  measure  and  its  power. 


0Jl\).  CM.  MONTGOMEUY. 

Heaven  oia-  Home. 

1  While  through  this  changing  world  we  roam 

From  infancy  to  age, 
Heaven  is  the  Christian  pilgrim's  home, 
His  rest  at  every  stage. 

2  Thither  his  raptured  thought  ascends, 

Eternal  joys  to  share ; 
There  his  adoring  spirit  bends. 
While  here  he  kneels  in  prayer. 

3  From  earth  his  freed  affections  rise, 

To  fix  on  things  above, 
Where  all  his  hope  of  glory  lies, 
Where  all  is  perfect  love. 


250  LIFE,    DEATH,    FUTURITY. 

4  There,  too,  may  we  our  treasure  place, 

There  let  our  hearts  be  found ; 
That  still,  where  sin  abounded,  grace 
May  more  and  more  abound. 

5  Henceforth  our  conversation  be 

With  Christ  before  the  throne ; 
Ere  long,  we,  eye  to  eye,  shall  see, 
And  know  as  we  are  known. 


327.  8s,  7s,  &  4s. 

The  Lord  our  Guide. 

1  Guide  me,  O  thou  great  Jehovah ! 

Pilo^rim  through  this  barren  land  : 
I  am  weak,  but  thou  art  mighty. 
Hold  me  with  thy  powerful  hand ; 

Bread  of  heaven, 
Feed  me  till  I  want  no  more. 

2  Open  thou  the  crystal  fountain, 

Whence  the  healing  waters  flow ; 
Let  the  fiery,  cloudy  pillar 

Lead  me  all  my  journey  through  ; 

Strong  Deliverer, 
Be  thou  still  my  strength  and  shield. 

3  When  I  tread  the  verge  of  Jordan, 

Bid  the  swelling  stream  divide ; 
Death  of  death,  and  hell's  destruction, 
Land  me  safe  on  Canaan's  side; 

Songs  of  praises 
I  will  ever  give  to  thee. 


II 


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328.  lis  M.  Episcopal  Col. 

"  I  would  not  live  alway."    Job  vii.  16. 

1  I  WOULD  not  live  alway ;  I  ask  not  to  stay 
Where  storm  after  storm  rises  dark  o'er  the  way ; 
I  would  not  live  alway,  thus  fettered  by  sin. 
Temptation  without,  and  corruption  within. 

2  I  would  not  live  alway;  no:  welcome  the  tomb; 
Since  Jesus  has  lain  there,  I  dread  not  its  gloom  ; 

I     There  sweet  be  my  rest,  till  he  bid  me  arise, 
To  hail  him  in  triumph  descending  the  skies. 

3  Who,  who  would  live  alway,  away  from  his  (lod. 
Away  from  yon  heaven,  that  blissful  abode? 
Where  the  rivers  of  pleasure  flow  o'er  the  bright 

plains. 
And  the  noontide  of  glory  eternally  reigns ; 

4  Where  the  saints  of  all  ages  in  harmony  meet, 
Their  Saviour  and  brethren  transported  to  greet ; 
While  the  anthems  of  rapture  unceasingly  roll, 
And  the  smile  of  the  Lord  is  the  feast  of  the  soul. 


329.  P.   M.  LUTHEU. 

Judcjincnt  Hymn. 

II  Great  God,  what  do  I  see  and  hear  ? 
The  end  of  things  created ! 
The  Judge  of  mankind  doth  appear 
On  clouds  of  glory  seated  ; 
The  trumpet  sounds,  the  graves  restore 
The  dead  which  they  contained  before ; 
jk  Prepare,  my  soul,  to  meet  him. 


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OOU.  C.  M.  Doddridge. 

God  the  everlasting  Light  of  the  Saints  above.     Isa.  Ix.  20.         ( 

1  Ye  golden  lamjjs  of  heaven,  farewell,  i 

With  all  your  feeble  light ; 
Farewell,  thou  ever-changing  moon, 
Pale  empress  of  the  night. 

2  And  thou,  refulgent  orb  of  day. 

In  brighter  flames  arrayed, 
My  soul,  that  springs  beyond  thy  sphere. 
No  more  demands  thine  aid. 

3  Ye  stars  are  but  the  shining  dust 

Of  my  divine  abode, 
The  pavement  of  those  heavenly  courts, 
Where  I  shall  reign  with  God. 

4  The  Father  of  eternal  light 

Shall  there  his  beams  display  ; 
Nor  shall  one  moment's  darkness  mix 
With  that  unvaried  day. 

5  No  more  the  drops  of  piercing  grief 

Shall  swell  into  mine  eyes. 
Nor  the  meridian  sun  decline 
Amidst  those  brighter  skies. 

6  There  all  the  millions  of  his  saints 

Shall  in  one  song  unite. 
And  each  the  bliss  of  all  shall  view 
With  infinite  delight. 


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L.  CM.  Watts. 

Death  and  immediate  Glory. 

1  There  is  a  house  not  made  with  hands. 

Eternal  and  on  high, 
And  here  my  spirit  waiting  stands. 
Till  God  shall  bid  it  fly. 

2  Shortly  this  prison  of  my  clay 

Must  be  dissolved  and  fall ; 

Then,  O  my  soul !  with  joy  obey 

Thy  heavenly  Father's  call. 

3  'Tis  he  by  his  almighty  grace 

That  forms  thee  fit  for  heaven  ; 
And,  as  an  earnest  of  the  place, 
Has  his  own  Spirit  given. 

4  We  walk  by  faith  of  joys  to  come ; 

Faith  lives  upon  his  word ; 
But,  while  the  body  is  our  home. 
We're  absent  from  the  Lord. 

5  'Tis  pleasant  to  believe  thy  grace, 

But  we  had  rather  see ; 
We  would  be  absent  from  the  flesh, 
And  present.  Lord,  with  thee. 


C.  M.  Christian  Psalmist. 

The  heavenly  Jerusalem. 

Jerusalem  !  my  happy  home ! 

Name  ever  dear  to  me ! 
When  shall  my  labors  have  an  end 

In  joy  and  peace  and  thee  ? 


254  LIFE,    DEATH,    FUTURITY. 

2  When  shall  these  eyes  thy  heaven-built  walls 

And  pearly  gates  behold  ? 
Thy  bulwarks  with  salvation  strong, 
And  streets  of  shining  gold  ? 

3  There  happier  bowers  than  Eden's  bloom, 

Nor  sin  nor  sorrow  know : 
Blessed  seats !  through  rude  and  stormy  scenes 
I  onward  press  to  you. 

4  Why  should  I  shrink  at  pain  and  woe, 

Or  feel  at  death  dismay  ? 
I've  Canaan's  goodly  land  in  view, 
And  realms  of  endless  day. 

5  Apostles,  martyrs,  prophets  there, 

Around  my  Saviour  stand  ; 
And  soon  my  friends  in  Christ  below 
Will  join  the  glorious  band. 

G  Jerusalem !  my  happy  home ! 
My  soul  still  pants  for  thee ; 
Then  shall  my  labors  have  an  end, 
When  I  thy  joys  shall  see. 


333.  c.  M. 

A  Prospect  of  Heaven. 

1  There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight. 

Where  saints  immortal  reign  ; 
Infinite  day  excludes  the  night. 
And  pleasures  banish  pain. 

2  There  everlasting  spring  abides, 

And  never-withering  flowers ; 
Death,  like  a  narrow  sea,  divides 
This  heavenly  land  from  ours. 


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3  Sweet  fields,  beyond  the  swelling  flood, 

Stand  dressed  in  living  green ; 

So  to  the  Jews  old  Canaan  stood, 

While  Jordan  rolled  between. 

4  But  timorous  mortals  start  and  shrink 

To  cross  this  narrow  sea, 
And  linger,  shivering,  on  the  brink, 
And  fear  to  launch  away. 

5  O,  could  we  make  our  doubts  remove, 

Those  gloomy  doubts  that  rise. 
And  see  the  Canaan  that  we  love 
With  unbeclouded  eyes;  — 

6  Could  we  but  climb  where  Moses  stood, 

And  view  the  landscape  o'er, — 
Not  Jordan's  stream  nor  death's  cold  flood 
Should  fright  us  from  the  shore. 


i.  C.  M.  Watts. 

Heaven  invisible  and  holy. 

1  Nor  eye  hath  seen,  nor  ear  has  heard, 

Nor  sense  nor  reason  known, 
What  joys  the  Father  has  prepared 
For  those  that  love  the  Son. 

2  But  the  good  Spirit  of  the  Lord 

Reveals  a  heaven  to  come ; 

The  beams  of  glory  in  his  word 

Allure  and  guide  us  home. 

3  Pure  are  the  joys  above  the  sky, 

And  all  the  region  peace ; 
No  wanton  lips  nor  envious  eye 
Can  see  or  taste  the  bliss. 


256  LIFE,    DEATH,    FUTURITY. 

4  Those  holy  gates  for  ever  bar 

Pollution,  sin,  and  shame;  I] 

None  shall  obtain  admittance  there  I ' 

But  followers  of  the  Lamb.  ■ 

OOD.  L.  M.  Montgomery. 

Preparation  for  Heaven. 

1  Heaven  is  a  place  of  rest  from  sin  ; 
But  all  who  hope  to  enter  there 
Must  here  tliat  holy  course  begin 
Which  shall  their  souls  for  rest  prepare. 

2  Clean  hearts,  O  God !  in  us  create ; 
Right  spirits,  Lord,  in  us  renew ; 
Commence  we  now  that  higher  state, 
Now  do  thy  will  as  angels  do. 

3  In  Jesus'  footsteps  may  we  tread. 
Learn  every  lesson  of  his  love  ; 
And  be  from  grace  to  glory  led, 
From  heaven  below  to  heaven  above. 

336.  C.  M.  Watts. 

The  Hope  of  Heaven  a  Support  under  Trials. 

1  When  I  can  read  my  title  clear 

To  mansions  in  the  skies, 
I  bid  farewell  to  every  fear. 
And  wipe  my  weeping  eyes. 

2  Let  cares  like  a  wild  deluge  come, 

And  storms  of  sorrow  fall, 
May  I  but  safely  reach  my  home. 
My  God,  my  heaven,  my  all, — 


LIFE,    DEATH,    FUTURITY.  257 

3  There  shall  I  bathe  my  weary  soul 
In  seas  of  heavenly  rest, 
And  not  a  wave  of  trouble  roll 
Across  my  peaceful  breast. 

jO  I  .  L.  M.  Christian  Psalmist. 

Foretaste  of  Heaven. 

1  What  must  it  be  to  dwell  above, 

At  God's  right  hand,  where  Jesus  reigns, 
Since  the  sweet  earnest  of  his  love 
O'erwhelms  us  on  these  earthly  plains! 
No  heart  can  think,  no  tongue  explain, 
What  bliss  it  is  with  Christ  to  reign. 

2  When  sin  no  more  obstructs  our  sight, 
When  sorrow  pains  our  hearts  no  more, 
How  shall  we  view  the  Prince  of  Light, 
And  all  his  works  of  grace  explore ! 
What  heights  and  depths  of  love  divine 
Will  there  through  endless  ages  shine ! 

3  This  is  the  heaven  I  long  to  know ; 
For  this,  with  patience,  I  would  wait, 
Till,  weaned  from  earth,  and  all  below, 
I  mount  to  my  celestial  seat. 

And  wave  my  palm,  and  wear  my  crown, 
And,  with  the  elders,  cast  them  down. 

338.  P.  M.  Rtle's  Cor.. 

The  Rest  which  remaineth. 

1  O  FOR  the  calm  beyond  the  storms 
In  the  presence  of  the  Lord, 
Where  with  angels  bright, 
Both  day  and  night, 
We  shall  hear  his  sacred  word! 
17 


258  LIFE,   DEATH,   FUTURITY. 

2  O  for  the  body  free  from  pain, 
The  spirit  free  from  sin, 

Which  he  will  give 
To  the  souls  that  live, 
Who  shall  dwell  his  courts  within ! 

3  O  for  the  joy  no  eye  hath  seen, 
No  human  heart  hath  known ! 

For  faint  and  low 
Fall  the  echoes  below 
Of  the  songs  around  his  throne. 

4  But  O  for  grace  to  serve  him  here, 
To  rest  upon  his  love, 

To  walk  with  God 
On  our  earthly  road, 
And  to  anchor  our  joys  above ! 

5  O  for  a  faith  to  see  the  Lord 
Through  darkness  and  through  tears. 

To  hear  his  voice. 
And  still  to  rejoice, 
And  watch  till  the  day  appears ! 


339.  P.  M.  Rylk's  Col. 

Better  to  be  with  Christ. 

1  Away  with  our  sorrow  and  fear ! 

We  soon  shall  have  entered  our  home ; 
The  city  of  saints  shall  appear, 

The  day  of  eternity  come ; 
From  earth  we  shall  quickly  remove, 
To  dwell  in  our  native  abode. 
In  mansions  of  glory  above. 

Prepared  by  our  Father  and  God. 


LIFE,    DEATH,    FUTURITY.  259 

Ah!  who  upon  earth  can  conceive 
The  bliss  that  in  heaven  they'll  share  ? 
And  who  this  dark  world  would  not  leave, 

And  cheerfully  seek  to  be  there  ? 
There  Christ  is  the  light  and  the  sun, 
And  we  by  reflection  shall  shine, 
With  him  everlastingly  one, 

And  bright  in  effulgence  divine. 

'Tis  good  at  thy  word  to  be  here, 
'Tis  better  in  thee  to  be  gone. 
And  see  thee  in  glory  appear, 

And  rise  to  a  share  in  thy  throne : 
All  tears  will  be  wiped  from  our  eyes. 
When  thee  we  behold  in  the  cloud, 
And  echo  the  joys  of  the  skies, 

And  shout  to  the  trumpet  of  God. 


340.  p.  M. 

Nearer  Home. 

1  One  sweetly  solemn  thought 
Comes  to  me  o'er  and  o'er, 
I  am  nearer  home  to-day 

Than  I  ever  have  been  before. 


Cabby. 


I 


2  Nearer  my  Father's  house. 

Where  the  many  mansions  be; 
Nearer  the  great  white  throne ; 
Nearer  the  crystal  sea. 

3  Nearer  the  bound  of  life. 

Where  we  lay  our  burdens  down ; 
Nearer  leaving  the  cross ; 
Nearer  gaining  the  crown. 


260  LIFE,   DEATH,    FUTURITY. 

4  But  lying  darkly  between, 

Winding  down  through  the  night, 
Is  the  deep  and  unknown  stream, 
To  be  crossed  ere  we  reach  the  light. 

5  Jesus,  perfect  my  trust, 

Strengthen  the  hand  of  my  faith  ; 
Let  me  feel  thee  near  when  I  stand 
On  the  edge  of  the  shore  of  death. 

6  Feel  thee  near  when  my  feet 

Are  slipping  over  the  brink ; 
For  it  may  be  I'm  nearer  home, 
Nearer  now  than  I  think. 


Q/j-j  rrc/^-n/rJ         J.  M.  NeALE,  from 

04lzJ.,  7s  &  bs  M.       IBernardofMoulaix 

Jerusalem  the  Golden. 

1  Jerusalem  the  golden, 

With  milk  and  honey  blest  I 
Beneath  thy  contemplation 

Sink  heart  and  voice  oppressed. 
I  know  not,  oh  I  I  know  not 

What  joys  await  me  there  ; 
What  radiancy  of  glory, 

What  bliss  beyond  compare. 

2  They  stand,  those  halls  of  Zion, 

All  jubilant  with  song, 
And  bright  with  many  an  angel. 

And  all  the  martyr  throng. 
There  is  the  throne  of  David, 

And  there,  from  toil  released. 
The  shout  of  them  that  triumph. 

The  sons:  of  them  that  feast. 


LIFE,    DEATH,    FUTURITY.  261 

And  they,  who,  with  their  Leader, 

Have  conquered  in  the  fight. 
For  ever  and  for  ever 

Are  clad  in  robes  of  white. 
Oh,  land  that  seest  no  sorrow ! 

Oh,  state  that  fear'st  no  strife ! 
Oh,  royal  land  of  flowers  I 

Oh,  realm  and  home  of  life  ! 

Oh,  sweet  and  blessed  country! 

The  home  of  God's  elect! 
Oh,  sweet  and  blessed  country 

That  eager  hearts  expect ! 
Jesus,  in  mercy  bring  us 

To  that  dear  land  of  rest, 
Who  art,  with  God  the  Father, 

And  Spirit,  ever  blest. 


342.  CM. 

Jerusalem  our  Home. 

1  O, MY  sweet  home,  Jerusalem! 

Thy  joys  when  shall  I  see? 
,  The  king  that  sitteth  on  thy  throne 
■      In  his  felicity! 

2  Thy  walls  are  made  of  precious  stones, 

Thy  bulwarks  diamond-square ; 
Thy  gates  are  all  of  orient  pearl : 
O  God !  if  I  were  there ! 

3  Thy  gardens  and  thy  goodly  walks 

Continually  are  green, 
Where  grow  such  sweet  and  pleasant  flowers 
As  nowhere  else  are  seen. 


262  LIFE,   DEATH,    FUTURITY. 

4  Right  through  thy  streets,  with  pleasing  sound, 

The  living  waters  flow ; 
And  on  the  banks  on  either  side 
The  trees  of  life  do  grow. 

5  Those  trees  each  month  yield  ripened  fruit, 

For  evermore  they  spring ; 

And  all  the  nations  of  the  earth 

To  thee  their  honors  bring. 

6  Oh,  mother  dear,  Jerusalem  I 

When  shall  I  come  to  Thee  ? 
When  shall  my  sorrows  have  an  end? 
Thy  joys  when  shall  I  see? 


343.  S.M. 

For  ever  with  the  Lord. 

1  For  ever  with  the  Lord ! 
Amen !  so  let  it  be ; 

Life  from  the  dead  is  in  that  word, 
And  immortality. 

2  Here  in  the  body  pent. 
Absent  from  him  I  roam ; 

Yet  nightly  pitch  my  moving  tent 
A  day's  march  nearer  home. 

3  My  Father's  house  on  high ! 
Home  of  my  soul !  how  near, 

At  times,  to  faith's  foreseeing  eye 
Thy  golden  gates  appear! 

4  Ah !  then  my  spirit  faints 
To  reach  the  land  I  love. 

The  bright  inheritance  of  saints, 
Jerusalem  above. 


MONTGOMEBT 


LIFE,   DEATH,   FUTURITY.  263 

5  Beneath  its  glowing  arch, 
Along  the  hallowed  ground, 

I  see  cherubic  armies  march, 
A  camp  of  fire  around. 

6  I  hear  at  morn  and  even, 
At  noon  and  midnight  hour. 

The  choral  harmonies  of  heaven 
Earth's  Babel-tongues  o'erpower. 

7  Then,  then  I  feel,  that  he, 
Remembered  or  forgot, 

The  Lord,  is  never  far  from  me, 
Though  I  perceive  him  not. 


CitncsJ  antr  S^agon.^  antr  (©ccajsioug. 


I.     TIMES   AND    SEASONS   AND   OCCASIONS. 


Stennett. 


344.  L.  M. 

The  Christian  Sabbath  Morning. 

1  Another  six  days'  work  is  done, 
Another  Sabbath  is  begun  ; 
Return,  my  soul,  enjoy  thy  rest ; 
Improve  the  day  that  God  hath  blest. 

2  O  that  our  thoughts  and  thanks  may  rise, 
As  grateful  incense,  to  the  skies, 

And  draw  from  Heaven  that  sweet  repose, 
Which  none  but  he  that  feels  it  knows  I 

3  This  heavenly  calm  within  the  breast 
Is  the  dear  pledge  of  glorious  rest. 
Which  for  the  church  of  God  remains, 
The  end  of  cares,  tiie  end  of  pains. 

4  In  holy  duties  let  the  day  — 

In  holy  pleasures  —  pass  away  ; 
How  sweet  a  Sabbath  thus  to  spend 
In  hope  of  one  that  ne'er  shall  end ! 


264 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  265 

OAK  n    M  i      Chandler, 

0"±«J.  Vyi.  iVl.  ( from  the  BreTiary. 

Sabbath  Morning. 

1  Now  Morning  lifts  her  dewy  veil, 

With  new-born  blessings  crowned ; 
O,  haste  we,  then,  her  light  to  hail, 
In  courts  of  holy  ground. 

2  But  Christ,  triumphant  o'er  the  grave, 

Shines  more  divinely  bright ; 
O,  sing  we,  then,  his  power  to  save, 
And  walk  we  in  his  light. 

3  When  from  the  swaddling  bands  of  shade 

Sprang  forth  the  world  so  fair, 
In  robes  of  brilliancy  arrayed, 
O,  what  a  power  was  there  ! 

4  When  he,  who  gave  his  guiltless  Son, 

A  guilty  world  to  spare, 
Restored  to  life  the  Holy  One, 
O,  what  a  love  was  there ! 

5  Still,  as  the  morning  rays  return. 

To  pious  souls  'tis  given, 
In  fancy's  mirror  to  discern 
The  radiant  domes  of  heaven. 

6  But,  now  that  our  eternal  Sun 

Hath  shed  his  beams  abroad, 
In  him  we  see  the  Holy  One, 
And  mount  at  once  to  God. 


266  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

346.  S.  M.  Watts. 

The  Lord's  Day. 

1  Welcome,  sweet  day  of  rest, 
That  saw  the  Lord  arise ; 

Welcome  to  this  reviving  breast 
And  these  rejoicing  eyes. 

2  The  King  himself  comes  near, 
And  feasts  his  saints  to-day ; 

Here  we  may  sit  and  see  him  here, 
And  love  and  praise  and  pray. 

3  One  day  amidst  the  place 
Where  my  dear  God  hath  been 

Is  sweeter  than  ten  thousand  days 
Of  pleasurable  sin. 

4  My  willing  soul  would  stay 
In  such  a  frame  as  this, 

And  sit  and  sing  herself  away 
To  everlasting  bliss. 

347,  L.  M.  Watts. 

A  Psalm  for  the  Lord's  Day.     Ps.  92. 

1  Sweet  is  the  work,  my  God,  my  King, 

To  praise  thy  name,  give  thanks,  and  sing, 
To  show  thy  love  by  morning  light. 
And  talk  of  all  thy  truth  at  night. 

2  Sweet  is  the  day  of  sacred  rest ; 

No  mortal  cares  shall  seize  my  breast; 
O,  may  my  heart  in  tune  be  found. 
Like  David's  harp,  of  solemn  sound  I 


PUBLIC    OCCASIONS.  267 

3  My  heart  shall  triumph  in  my  Lord, 
And  bless  his  works,  and  bless  his  word : 
Thy  works  of  grace,  how  bright  they  shine! 
How  deep  thy  counsels,  how  divine ! 

4  Fools  never  raise  their  thoughts  so  high  ; 
Like  brutes  they  live,  like  brutes  they  die ; 
Like  grass  they  flourish,  till  thy  breath 
Blast  them  in  everlasting  death. 

5  But  I  shall  share  a  glorious  part, 
When  grace  hath  well  refined  my  heart. 
And  fresh  supplies  of  joy  are  shed, 
Like  holy  oil,  to  cheer  my  head. 

6  Then  shall  I  see  and  hear  and  know 
All  I  desired  or  wished  below. 

And  every  power  find  sweet  employ 
In  that  eternal  world  of  joy. 


348.  c.  M. 

The  Lord's  Day.     Ps.  118. 

1  This  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made ; 

He  calls  the  hours  his  own  : 
Let  heaven  rejoice,  let  earth  be  glad. 
And  praise  surround  the  throne. 

2  To-day  he  rose,  and  left  the  dead, 

And  Satan's  empire  fell ; 
To-day  the  saints  his  triumphs  spread, 
And  all  his  wonders  tell. 

3  Hosanna  to  the  anointed  King, 

To  David's  holy  Son ; 
Help  us,  O  Lord  I  descend  and  bring 
Salvation  from  the  throne. 


Watts. 


268  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

4  Blest  be  the  Lord,  who  comes  to  men 

With  messages  of  grace,  — 
Who  comes  in  God  his  Father's  name, 
To  save  our  sinful  race. 

5  Hosanna  in  the  highest  strains 

The  church  on  earth  can  raise ; 
The  highest  heavens,  in  which  he  reigns. 
Shall  give  him  nobler  praise. 


349.  S.M. 

Sabbath  Hymn. 

1  Hail  to  the  Sabbath  day  !  — 
The  day  divinely  given, 

When  men  to  God  their  homage  pay, 
And  earth  draws  near  to  heaven. 

2  Lord,  in  thy  sacred  hour, 
Within  thy  courts,  we  bend. 

And  bless  thy  love,  and  own  thy  power, 
Our  Father  and  our  Friend! 

3  But  thou  art  not  alone 

In  courts  by  mortals  trod. 
Nor  only  is  the  day  thine  own 
When  men  draw  near  their  God. 

4  Thy  temple  is  the  arch 
Of  yon  unmeasured  sky. 

Thy  Sabbath  the  stupendous  march 
Of  grand  eternity. 

5  Lord,  may  that  holier  day 
Dawn  on  thy  servant's  sight. 

And  grant  us  in  those  courts  to  pray, 
Of  pure,  unclouded  light. 


BULFIXCH. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  269 

350.  C.  M.  CoDMAx's  Col. 
Blessing  of  the  Lord's  Day. 

1  Blest  day  of  God  !  most  calm,  most  bright ! 

The  first  and  best  of  days  ; 
The  laborer's  rest,  the  saint's  delight, 
The  day  of  prayer  and  praise. 

2  My  Saviour's  face  made  thee  to  shine ; 

His  rising  thee  did  raise, 
And  made  thee  heavenly  and  divine. 
Beyond  all  other  days. 

3  The  first  fruits  oft  a  blessing  prove 

To  all  the  sheaves  behind; 
And  they  who  do  the  Sabbath  love 
A  happy  week  will  find. 

4  This  day  I  must  to  God  appear, 

For,  Lord,  the  day  is  thine ; 

Help  me  to  spend  it  in  thy  fear, 

And  thus  to  make  it  mine. 

351.  L.  M.  DODDRIDCxK. 

The  eternal  Sabbath. 

1  Lord  of  the  Sabbath,  hear  our  vows 
On  this  thy  day,  in  this  thy  house ; 
And  own,  as  grateful  sacrifice. 

The  songs  which  from  the  desert  rise. 

2  Thine  earthly  Sabbaths,  Lord,  we  love  ; 
But  there's  a  nobler  rest  above  ; 

To  that  our  laboring  souls  aspire. 
With  ardent  pangs  of  strong  desire. 


270  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

3  No  more  fatigue,  no  more  distress, 
Nor  sin,  nor  hell  shall  reach  the  place ; 
No  groans  to  mingle  with  the  songs 
Which  warble  from  immortal  tongues ; 

4  No  rude  alarms  of  raging  foes, 
No  cares  to  break  the  long  repose ; 
No  midnight  shade,  no  clouded  sun, 
But  sacred,  high,  eternal  noon. 

5  O  long-expected  day !  begin ; 

Dawn  on  these  realms  of  woe  and  sin; 
Fain  would  we  leave  this  w^eary  road, 
And  sleep  in  death,  to  rest  with  God. 

OD^Ji,  C.  M.        Spirit  of  the  Psalms. 

For  the  Morninf/  of  the  Lord's  Day.     Ps.  118. 

1  This  is  the  day  the  Lord  iiath  made : 

O  earth  !  rejoice  and  sing ; 
Let  songs  of  triumph  hail  the  morn, 
Hosanna  to  our  King ! 

2  The  stone  the  builders  set  at  nought,  — 

That  stone  has  now  become 
The  sure  foundation,  and  the  strength 
Of  Zion's  heavenly  dome. 

3  Christ  is  that  stone,  rejected  once. 

And  numbered  with  the  slain; 
Now  raised  in  glory,  o'er  his  church 
Eternally  to  reign. 

4  This  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made : 

O  earth  I  rejoice  and  sing ; 
With  songs  of  triumpli  hail  the  morn, 
Hosanna  to  our  King  I 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  271 

353.  H.  M.  Watts. 

Longing  for  the  House  of  God.     Ps.  84. 

1  Lord  of  the  worlds  above, 

How  pleasant  and  how  fair 
The  dwellings  of  thy  love, 
Thine  earthly  temples,  are ! 

To  thine  abode 

My  heart  aspires 

With  warm  desires 

To  see  my  God. 

2  The  sparrow  for  her  young 

With  pleasure  seeks  a  nest, 
And  wandering  swallows  long 
To  find  their  wonted  rest : 

My  spirit  faints 

With  equal  zeal 

To  rise  and  dwell 

Among  thy  saints. 

3  O  happy  souls  that  pray 

Where  God  appoints  to  hear! 
O  happy  men  that  pay 

Their  constant  service  there  ! 

They  praise  thee  still, 

And  happy  they 

That  love  the  way 

To  Zion's  hill. 

4  They  go  from  strength  to  strength 

Through  this  dark  vale  of  tears, 
Till  each  arrives  at  length, 
Till  each  in  heaven  appears : 


272  PUBLIC    OCCASIONS. 

O  glorious  seat, 
When  God  our  King 
Shall  thither  bring 
Our  willing  feet ! 

354.  s.M. 

Invitation  to  the  House  of  God. 


E.  Taylor. 


1  Come  to  the  house  of  prayer, 
O  thou  afflicted, come  ; 

The  God  of  peace  shall  meet  thee  there ; 
He  makes  that  house  his  home. 

2  Come  to  the  house  of  praise, 
Ye  who  are  happy  now ; 

In  sweet  accord  your  voices  raise, 
In  kindred  homage  bow. 

3  Ye  aged,  hither  come. 
For  ye  have  felt  his  love ; 

Soon  shall  your  trembling  tongues  be  dumb, 
Your  lips  forget  to  move. 

4  Ye  young,  before  his  throne, 
Come,  bow  ;  your  voices  raise ; 

Let  not  your  hearts  his  praise  disown. 
Who  gives  the  power  to  praise. 

5  Thou,  whose  benignant  eye 
In  mercy  looks  on  all,  — 

Who  seest  the  tear  of  misery. 

And  hear'st  the  mourner's  call,  — 

6  Up  to  thy  dwelling-place 
Bear  our  frail  spirits  on, 

Till  they  outstrip  time's  tardy  pace, 
And  heaven  on  earth  be  won. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  273 

3P^P<  L.  M.  (  John  WESI.KV, 

^^«  '        '  I  from  Tersteegeu . 

The  Lord  is  in  this  Place. 

1  Lo,  God  is  here !     Let  us  adore, 
And  humbly  bow  before  his  face ; 
Let  all  within  us  feel  his  power, 
Let  all  within  us  seek  his  grace! 

Who  know  his  power,  his  grace  who  prove, 
Serve  him  with  awe,  with  reverence  love. 

2  Lo,  God  is  here  I  him  day  and  night 
The  united  choirs  of  angels  sing  ; 
To  him,  enthroned  above  all  heiofht, 
Heaven's  hosts  their  noblest  praises  bring  : 
Disdain  not.  Lord,  our  meaner  song, 

Who  praise  thee  with  a  stammering  tongue  ! 

3  Gladly  the  toys  of  earth  we  leave, 

*  Wealth,  pleasure,  fame,  for  thee  alone : 
To  thee  our  will,  soul,  flesh,  we  give ; 
O  take  and  seal  them  for  thine  own  I 
Thou  art  the  God !     Thou  art  the  Lord ! 
Be  thou  by  all  thy  works  adored  I 

4  Being  of  beings,  may  our  praise 

Thy  courts  with  grateful  fragrance  fill ; 
Still  may  we  stand  before  thy  face. 
Still  hear  and  do  thy  sovereign  will ! 
To  thee  may  all  our  thoughts  arise. 
Ceaseless,  accepted  sacrifice ! 

356.  CM. 

Delight  in  God's  House.     Ps.  84. 

1  How  lovely  are  thy  dwellings  fair, 
O  Lord  of  hosts  !  how  dear 
The  pleasant  tabernacles  are, 
Where  thou  dost  dwell  so  near ! 
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MlLTOX. 


274  PUBLIC    OCCASIONS. 

2  My  soul  doth  long,  and  almost  die, 

Thy  courts,  O  Lord !  to  see  ; 
My  heart  and  flesh  aloud  do  cry, 
O  living  God !    for  thee. 

3  Happy,  who  in  thy  house  reside, 

Where  thee  they  ever  praise ; 
Happy,  whose  strength  in  thee  doth  bide. 
And  in  their  hearts  thy  ways. 

4  They  journey  on  from  strength  to  strength. 

With  joy  and  gladsome  cheer, 
Till  all  before  our  God  at  length 
In  Zion  do  appear. 

5  Lord  God  of  hosts,  that  reign'st  on  high, 

That  man  is  truly  blest 
Who  only  on  thee  doth  rely, 
And  in  thee  only  rest. 


357.  L.  M.     6  lines. 

Seeking  Refuge. 


Bishop  Hebbb. 


Forth  from  the  dark  and  stormy  sky, 
Lord,  to  thine  altar's  shade  we  fly  ; 
Forth  from  the  world,  its  hope  and  fear, 
Father,  we  seek  thy  shelter  here : 
Weary  and  weak,  thy  grace  we  pray ; 
Turn  not,  O  Lord!   thy  guests  away. 

Long  have  we  roamed  in  want  and  pain  ; 
Long  have  we  sought  thy  rest  in  vain ; 
Wildered  in  doubt,  in  darkness  lost, 
Long  have  our  souls  been  tempest-tost: 
Low  at  thy  feet  our  sins  we  lay ; 
Turn  not,  O  Lord!  thy  guests  away. 


PUBLIC  OCCASIONS.  275 


358.  L.  M.  Watts. 

The  Pleasure  of  public  Worship.    Ps.  84. 

1  How  pleasant,  how  divinely  fair, 
O  Lord  of  hosts,  thy  dwellings  are  ! 
With  long  desire  my  spirit  faints 
To  meet  the  assemblies  of  thy  saints. 

2  God  is  our  Sun ;  he  makes  our  day : 
God  is  our  Shield ;  he  guards  our  way 
From  all  the  assaults  of  hell  and  sin, 
From  foes  without  and  foes  within. 

3  All  needful  grace  will  God  bestow. 
And  crown  that  grace  with  glory  too ; 
He  gives  us  all  things,  and  withholds 
No  real  good  from  upright  souls. 

4  Blest  are  the  souls  that  find  a  place 
Within  the  temple  of  thy  grace  ; 
There  they  behold  thy  gentler  rays, 
And  seek  thy  face,  and  learn  thy  praise. 

5  Blest  are  the  men  whose  hearts  are  set 
To  find  the  way  to  Zion's  gate ; 
God  is  their  Strength,  and  through  the  road 
They  lean  upon  their  Helper,  God. 

6  Cheerful  they  walk  with  growing  strength, 
Till  all  shall  meet  in  heaven  at  length  ; 
Till  all  before  thy  face  appear. 
And  join  in  nobler  worship  there. 


276  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

359.  S.  M.  Watts. 

Seeking  God.     Ps.  63. 

1  My  God,  permit  my  tongue 
This  joy,  —  to  call  thee  mine  ; 

And  let  my  early  cries  prevail 
To  taste  thy  love  divine. 

2  Within  thy  churches.  Lord, 
I  long  to  find  my  place. 

Thy  power  and  glory  to  behold. 
And  feel  thy  quickening  grace. 

3  For  life,  without  thy  love, 
No  relish  can  afford ; 

No  joy  can  be  compared  to  this,  — 
To  serve  and  please  the  Lord. 

4  To  thee  I'll  lift  my  hands. 
And  praise  thee  while  I  live  ; 

Not  all  the  dainties  of  a  feast 
Such  food  or  pleasure  give. 

5  Since  thou  hast  been  my  Help, 
To  thee  my  spirit  flies ; 

And  on  thy  watchful  providence 
My  cheerful  hope  relies. 

6  The  shadow  of  thy  wings 
My  soul  in  safety  keeps ; 

I  follow  where  my  Father  leads, 
And  he  supports  my  steps. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  277 

3.  L.  M.  Tate  &  Brady. 

Public  Worship.    Ps.  95. 

1  O  COME,  loud  anthems  let  us  sing, 
Loud  thanks  to  our  almighty  King; 
For  we  our  voices  high  should  raise, 
When  our  salvation's  Rock  we  praise. 

2  Into  his  presence  let  us  haste, 

To  thank  him  for  his  favors  past ; 
To  him  address,  in  joyful  songs, 
The  praise  that  to  his  name  belongs. 

3  For  God  the  Lord,  enthroned  in  state, 
Is  with  unrivalled  glory  great; 

A  King  superior  far  to  all. 
Whom  by  his  title  God  we  call. 

4  The  depths  of  earth  are  in  his  hand, 
Her  secret  wealth  at  his  command ; 

The  strength  of  hills,  that  threat  the  skies, 
Subjected  to  his  empire  lies. 

5  The  rolling  ocean's  vast  abyss 

By  the  same  sovereign  right  is  his ; 
'Tis  moved  by  his  almighty  hand, 
That  formed  and  fixed  the  solid  land. 

6  O,  let  us  to  his  courts  repair, 
And  bow  with  adoration  there ; 
Down  on  our  knees  devoutly,  all, 
Before  the  Lord  our  Maker  fall ! 


278  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

361.  7s  M.  J.  Taylor 
The  accepted  Offering. 

1  Father  of  our  feeble  race, 
Wise,  beneficent,  and  kind, 
Spread  o'er  nature's  ample  face. 
Flows  thy  goodness  unconfined  ; 
Musing  in  the  silent  grove, 

Or  the  busy  walks  of  men, 

Still  we  trace  thy  wondrous  love, 

Claiming  large  returns  again. 

2  Lord,  what  offering  shall  we  bring, 
At  thine  altars  when  we  bow  ? 
Hearts,  the  pure  unsullied  spring 
Whence  the  kind  affections  flow ; 
Soft  compassion's  feeling  soul. 
By  the  melting  eye  expressed  ; 
Sympathy,  at  whose  control 
Sorrow  leaves  the  wounded  breast ; 

3  Willing  hands  to  lead  the  blind. 
Bind  the  wounded,  feed  the  poor ; 
Love,  embracing  all  our  kind, 
Charity,  with  liberal  store : 
Teach  us,  O  thou  heavenly  King ! 
Thus  to  show  our  grateful  mind. 
Thus  the  accepted  otfering  bring, 
Love  to  thee  and  all  mankind. 

362.  8s  &  7s  M.  J.  Taylor. 

Surroundhyj  the  Mercy-Seat. 

1  Far  from  mortal  cares  retreating, 
Sordid  hopes  and  fond  desires. 
Here,  our  willing  footsteps  meeting. 
Every  heart  to  heaven  aspires ; 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  279 

From  the  fount  of  glory  beaming, 
Light  celestial  cheers  our  eyes, 

Mercy  from  above  proclaiming 
Peace  and  pardon  from  the  skies. 

2  Who  may  share  this  great  salvation  ? 

Every  pure  and  humble  mind ; 
Every  kindred,  tongue,  and  nation. 

From  the  dross  of  guilt  refined : 
Blessings  all  around  bestowing, 

God  withholds  his  care  from  none; 
Grace  and  mercy  ever  flowing 

From  the  fountain  of  his  throne. 

3  Every  stain  of  guilt  abhorring, 

Firm  and  bold  in  virtue's  cause, 
Still  thy  providence  adoring. 

Faithful  subjects  to  thy  laws ; 
Lord,  with  favor  still  attend  us. 

Bless  us  with  thy  wondrous  love ; 
Thou,  our  Sun  and  Shield,  defend  us ; 

All  our  hope  is  from  above. 


363.       '  L.  M.  Watts. 

Praise  to  our  Creator.     Ps.  100. 

1  Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne 
Ye  nations  bow  with  sacred  joy ; 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone  ; 
He  can  create,  and  he  destroy. 

2  His  sovereign  power,  without  our  aid. 
Made  us  of  clay,  and  formed  us  men ; 

And  when  like  wandering  sheep  we  strayed, 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 


280  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

3  We  are  his  people,  we  his  care, 
Our  souls  and  all  our  mortal  frame : 
What  lasting  honors  shall  we  rear. 
Almighty  Maker,  to  thy  name  ? 

4  We'll  crowd  thy  gates  with  thankful  songs, 
High  as  the  heavens  our  voices  raise  ; 
And  Earth,  with  her  ten  thousand  tongues. 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  sounding  praise. 

364.  C.  M.  Dkennan 

God  may  he  worshipped  in  every  Place. 

1  The  heaven  of  heavens  cannot  contain 

The  universal  Lord ; 
Yet  he  in  humble  hearts  will  deign 
To  dwell  and  be  adored. 

2  Where'er  ascends  the  sacrifice 

Of  fervent  praise  and  prayer. 
Or  on  the  earth  or  in  tlie  skies, 
The  God  of  heaven  is  there. 

3  His  presence  is  difiused  abroad 

Through  realms,  through  worlds  unknown : 
Who  seek  the  mercies  of  our  God 
Are  ever  near  his  throne. 


365.  C.  M.  BOWRING. 

Pure  Woiship. 

1  The  offerings  to  thy  throne  which  rise. 
Of  mingled  praise  and  prayer. 
Are  but  a  worthless  sacrifice, 
Unless  the  heart  is  there. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  281 

2  Upon  thine  all-discerning  ear 

Let  no  vain  words  intrude ; 
No  tribute  but  the  vow  sincere. 
The  tribute  of  the  good. 

3  My  offerings  will  indeed  be  blest, 

If  sanctified  by  thee  ; 
If  thy  pure  Spirit  touch  my  breast 
With  its  own  purity. 

4  O,  may  that  Spirit  warm  my  heart 

To  piety  and  love, 
And  to  life's  lowly  vale  impart 
Some  rays  from  heaven  above ! 

366.  S.  M.  Watts. 

A  Call  to  Worship.     Ps.  95. 

1  Come,  sound  his  praise  abroad. 
And  hymns  of  glory  sing: 

Jehovah  is  the  sovereign  God, 
The  universal  King. 

2  He  formed  the  deeps  unknown; 
He  gave  the  seas  their  bound  ; 

The  watery  worlds  are  all  his  own. 
And  all  the  solid  ground. 

3  Come,  worship  at  his  throne  ; 
Come,  bow  before  the  Lord ; 

We  are  his  works,  and  not  our  own ; 
He  formed  us  by  his  word. 

4  To-day  attend  his  voice, 
Nor  dare  provoke  his  rod  ; 

Come,  like  the  people  of  his  choice. 
And  own  your  gracious  God. 


282  PUBLIC    OCCASIONS. 

36T.  P-  M.  Anonymous. 

Solemn  Invocation. 

1  Come,  thou  almighty  King ! 
Help  us  thy  name  to  sing; 

Help  us  to  praise  ; 
Father  all-glorious, 
O'er  all  victorious. 
Come  and  reign  over  us, 

Ancient  of  Days. 

2  Come,  thou  all-gracious  Lord, 
By  heaven  and  earth  adored  I 

Our  prayer  attend  ; 
Come,  and  thy  children  bless; 
Give  thy  good  word  success ; 
Make  thine  own  holiness 

On  us  descend. 

3  Never  from  us  depart ; 
Rule  thou  in  every  heart, 

Hence,  evermore. 
Thy  sovereign  majesty 
May  we  in  glory  see. 
And  to  eternity 

Love  and  adore. 

368.  C.  M.  Bkvant. 

Imploring  the  Compassion  of  God. 

1   O  God,  whose  dread  and  dazzling  brow 
Love  never  yet  forsook  ! 
On  those  who  seek  thy  presence  now 
In  deep  compassion  look  ; 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  283 

2  For  many  a  frail  and  erring  heart 

Is  in  thy  holy  sight, 
And  feet  too  willing  to  depart 
From  the  plain  way  of  right. 

3  Yet,  pleased  the  humble  prayer  to  hear, 

And  kind  to  all  that  live, 
Thou,  when  thou  seest  the  contrite  tear, 
Art  ready  to  forgive. 

4  Lord,  aid  us  with  thy  heavenly  grace 

Our  truest  bliss  to  find  ; 
Nor  sternly  judge  our  erring  race, 
So  feeble  and  so  blind. 


OOy.  C.  M.  Anonymous. 

Close  of  the  Evening  Service. 

1  Soon  will  our  fleeting  hours  be  past, 

And,  as  the  setting  sun 
Now  leaves  the  clouds  in  yonder  west, 
Our  parting  beams  be  gone. 

2  May  He,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow, 

Our  sacred  rites  attend  ; 
Unite  our  hearts  in  wisdom's  ways, 
Till  life's  short  journey  end ; 

3  And,  as  the  rapid  sands  run  down, 

Our  virtue  still  improve. 
Till  each  receives  the  glorious  crown 
Of  never-fading  love. 


284  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

370.  7s  M. 

Humble  Adoration. 


Salisbury  Col. 


1  Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord, 

Be  thy  glorious  name  adored  ; 
Lord,  thy  mercies  never  fail ; 
Hail,  celestial  Goodness,  hail! 

2  Though  unworthy.  Lord,  thine  ear, 
Deign  our  humble  songs  to  hear ; 
Purer  praise  we  hope  to  bring. 
When  around  thy  throne  we  sing. 

3  While  on  earth  ordained  to  stay, 
Guide  our  footsteps  in  thy  way ; 
Then  on  high  we'll  joyful  raise 
Songs  of  everlasting  praise. 

O  (  J. .  L.  M.  Doddridge. 

The  Christian  Fareivell. 

1  Thy  presence,  everlasting  God, 
Wide  o'er  all  nature  spreads  abroad ; 
Thy  watchful  eyes,  which  cannot  sleep. 
In  every  place  thy  children  keep. 

2  While  near  each  other  we  remain. 
Thou  dost  our  lives  and  souls  sustain  ; 
When  absent,  happy  if  we  share 

Thy  smiles,  thy  counsels,  and  thy  care. 

3  To  thee  we  all  our  ways  commit. 
And  seek  our  comforts  near  thy  feet; 
Still  on  our  souls  vouchsafe  to  shine, 
And  guard  and  guide  us  still  as  thine. 


PUBLIC    OCCASIONS.  285 

4  Give  us  in  thy  beloved  house 
Again  to  pay  our  grateful  vows  ; 
Or,  if  that  joy  no  more  be  known, 
Give  us  to  meet  around  thy  throne. 

372.  7s  M.  J.  Newton, 

At  Parting. 

1  As  the  sun's  enlivening  eye 
Shines  on  every  place  the  same, 
So  the  Lord  is  always  nigh 

To  the  souls  that  love  his  name. 

2  When  they  move  at  duty's  call, 
He  is  with  them  by  the  way ; 
He  is  ever  with  them  all, 

Those  who  go,  and  those  who  stay. 

3  From  his  holy  mercy-seat 
Nothing  can  their  souls  confine ; 
Still  in  spirit  they  may  meet. 
And  in  sweet  communion  join. 

4  For  a  season  called  to  part, 

Let  us,  then,  ourselves  commend 
To  the  gracious  eye  and  heart 
Of  our  ever-present  Friend. 

5  Father,  hear  our  humble  prayer; 
Tender  Shepherd  of  thy  sheep, 
Let  thy  mercy  and  thy  care 

All  our  souls  in  safety  keep. 

6  In  thy  strength  may  we  be  strong, 
Sweeten  every  cross  and  pain ; 
Give  us,  if  we  live,  ere  long. 
Here  to  meet  in  peace  again. 


286  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

0  I O.  C.  M.  Bishop  Hebeb. 

The  Seed  of  the  Word. 

1  O  God,  by  whom  the  seed  is  given, 

By  whom  the  harvest  blest ; 
Whose  word,  like  manna  showered  from  heaven, 
Is  planted  in  our  breast! 

2  Preserve  it  from  the  passing  feet, 

And  plunderers  of  the  air ; 
The  sultry  sun's  intenser  heat, 
And  weeds  of  worldly  care. 

3  Though  buried  deep,  or  thinly  strown, 

Do  thou  thy  grace  supply ; 
The  hope  in  earthly  furrows  sown 
Shall  ripen  in  the  sky. 

374:.  C.  M.  Rippon's  Col 

The  Seed  sown. 

1  Now,  Lord,  the  heavenly  seed  is  sown, 

Be  it  thy  servant's  care 
Thy  heavenly  blessing  to  bring  down. 
By  humble,  fervent  prayer. 

2  In  vain  we  plant  without  thine  aid. 

And  water,  too,  in  vain  ; 
Lord  of  the  harvest,  God  of  grace, 
Send  down  thy  heavenly  rain. 

3  Then  shall  our  cheerful  hearts  and  tongues 

Begin  this  song  divine  : 
"  Thou,  Lord,  hast  given  the  rich  increase, 
And  be  the  glory  thine." 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  287 

OiD.  '     7s  M.  Salisbuky  Col. 

Prayer  for  a  Blessing. 

1  Glorious  in  thy  saints  appear; 
Plant  thy  heavenly  kingdom  here ; 
Light  and  life  to  all  impart ; 
Shine  on  each  believing  heart ; 

2  And,  in  every  grace  complete, 
Make  us.  Lord,  for  glory  meet; 
Till  we  stand  before  thy  sight. 
With  the  blessed  saints  in  light. 


376.  7s  M. 

Parting. 


H.  K.  White. 


Christians,  brethren,  ere  we  part, 
Every  voice  and  every  heart 
Join,  and  to  our  Father  raise 
One  last  hymn  of  grateful  praise. 

Though  we  here  should  meet  no  more, 
Yet  there  is  a  brighter  shore ; 
There,  released  from  toil  and  pain. 
There,  we  all  may  meet  again. 

Now  to  Him  who  reigns  in  heaven 
Be  eternal  glory  given  ! 
Grateful  for  thy  love  divine, 
O,  may  all  our  hearts  be  thine! 


288  PUBLIC    OCCASIONS. 

€>li.  8s   &   7s    M.  BiCKERSTETH. 

Closing  Ilijmn. 

1  Israel's  Shepherd,  guide  me,  feed  me, 

Through  my  pilgrimage  below; 
And  beside  the  waters  lead  me, 
Where  thy  flock  rejoicing  go. 

2  Lord,  thy  guardian  presence  ever, 

Meekly  kneeling,  I  implore  ; 
I  have  found  thee,  and  would  never, 
Never  wander  from  thee  more. 

378.  P.  M.  CONDER. 

Peace  with  God. 

To  all  thy  faithful  people.  Lord, 

Pardon  and  peace  impart; 
And  be  thy  Spirit  shed  abroad, 
Thy  love  in  every  heart; 
That  they,  from  conscious  guilt  made  clean, 
May  serve  thee  with  a  mind  serene. 

379.  8s  &  7s  M.  Toplady's  Col. 
Hymn  of  Dismission. 

1  Lord,  dismiss  us  with  thy  blessing, 

Hope  and  comfort  from  above ; 
Let  us  each,  thy  peace  possessing, 
Triumph  in  redeeming  love. 

2  Thanks  we  give,  and  adoration. 

For  thy  gospel's  joyful  sound  ; 
May  the  fruits  of  thy  salvation 
In  our  hearts  and  lives  abound. 


PUBLIC    OCCASIONS.  289 

380.  8s  &  7s  M.  J.  Newton. 

Benediction. 

1  Mat  the  grace  of  Christ  our  Saviour, 

And  the  Father's  boundless  love, 
With  the  Holy  Spirit's  favor, 
Rest  upon  us  from  above. 

2  Thus  may  we  abide  in  union 

With  each  other  and  the  Lord, 

And  possess,  in  sweet  communion, 

Joys  which  earth  cannot  afford. 

OO-L.  7s  M.  Sp.  of  the  Psalms. 

He  shall  give  his  Angels  charge  over  thee. 

1  They,  who  on  the  Lord  rely. 
Safely  dwell,  though  danger's  nigh  ; 
Lo !  his  sheltering  wings  are  spread 
O'er  each  faithful  servant's  head. 

2  Vain  temptation's  wily  snare ; 
They  shall  be  the  Father's  care ; 
Harmless  flies  the  shaft  by  day. 
Or  in  darkness  wings  its  way. 

3  When  they  wake  or  when  they  sleep, 
Angel  guards  their  vigils  keep  ; 
Death  and  danger  may  be  near. 
Faith  and  love  can  never  fear. 


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290  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

382.  7s  M. 

Benediction. 


J.  Newton. 


1  Now  may  He  who  from  the  dead 
Brought  the  Shepherd  of  the  sheep, 
Jesus  Christ,  our  King  and  Head, 
All  our  souls  in  safety  keep. 

2  May  he  teach  us  to  fulfil 
What  is  pleasing  in  his  sight, 
Perfect  us  in  all  his  will, 

And  preserve  us  day  and  night. 


383.  C.  M.  ESTLIN. 

Doxology. 

1  Thou  art  the  first,  and  thou  the  last ; 

Time  centres  all  in  thee ; 
The  almighty  God,  who  was  and  is 
And  evermore  shall  be. 

2  To  thee  let  every  tongue  be  praise. 

And  every  heart  be  love. 
All  grateful  honors  paid  on  earth. 
And  nobler  songs  above. 

384.  C.  M.  Doddridge. 
Christ's  Regard  to  little  Children. 

1   See  Israel's  gentle  Shepherd  stand 
With  all-engaging  charms ; 
Hark  !  how  he  calls  the  tender  lambs, 
And  folds  them  in  his  arms ! 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  291 

2  "  Permit  them  to  approach,"  he  cries, 

"  Nor  scorn  their  humble  name; 
For  'twas  to  bless  such  souls  as  these 
The  Lord  of  angels  came." 

3  We  bring  them,  Lord,  in  thankful  hands. 

And  yield  them  up  to  thee ; 
Joyful  that  we  ourselves  are  thine, 
Thine  let  our  offspring  be. 

4  Ye  little  flock,  with  pleasure  hear ; 

Ye  children,  seek  his  face, 
And  fly  with  transport  to  receive 
The  blessings  of  his  grace. 

5  If  orphans  they  are  left  behind, 

God's  guardian  care  we  trust ; 
That  care  shall  heal  our  bleeding  hearts, 
If  weeping  o'er  their  dust. 


385.  c.  M. 

Holy  Baptism. 

1  In  token  that  thou  shalt  not  fear 

Christ  crucified  to  own, 
We  print  the  cross  upon  thee  here, 
And  stamp  thee  his  alone. 

2  In  token  that  thou  shalt  not  blush 

To  glory  in  his  name, 
We  blazon  here  upon  thy  front 
His  glory  and  his  shame. 

3  In  token  that  thou  shalt  not  fail 

Christ's  quarrel  to  maintain. 
But  'neath  his  banner  manfully 
Firm  at  thy  post  remain ; 


Alfoed. 


292  PUBLIC    OCCASIONS. 

4  In  token  that  thou,  too,  shalt  tread 

The  path  he  travelled  by. 
Endure  the  cross,  despise  the  shame, 
And  sit  thee  down  on  high. 

5  Thus,  outwardly  and  visibly. 

We  seal  thee  for  his  own ; 
And  may  the  brow  that  wears  his  cross 
Hereafter  share  iiis  crown ! 


386.  S.  M.  J.  F.  Clakke. 

Baptism  of  Children. 

1  To  Him,  who  children  blessed. 
And  suffered  them  to  come, 

To  Him  who  took  them  to  his  breast. 
We  bring  these  children  home. 

2  To  thee,  O  God !  whose  face 
Their  spirits  still  behold. 

We  bring  them,  praying  that  thy  grace 
May  keep,  thine  arms  enfold. 

3  And  as  this  water  falls 

On  each  unconscious  brow, 

Thy  Holy  Spirit  grant,  O  Lord ! 

To  keep  them  pure  as  now. 

OoT.  8s  &  7s  M.  Miiiu.r.NBF.Rr,. 

He  beareth  the  Laiiihs  in  his  Arms. 

1  Saviour,  who  thy  (lock  art  feeding 
With  the  shepherd's  kindest  care. 
All  the  feeble  g(uitly  leading. 

While  the  lambs  thy  bosom  share, — 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  293 

2  Now,  these  little  ones  receiving, 

Fold  them  in  thy  gracious  arm  ; 
There,  we  know,  thy  word  believing. 
Only  there,  secure  from  harm ! 

3  Never,  from  thy  pasture  roving, 

Let  them  be  the  lion's  prey ; 
Let  thy  tenderness  so  loving 

Keep  them  all  life's  dangerous  way. 

4  Then,  within  thy  fold  eternal, 

Let  them  find  a  resting-place  ; 
Feed  in  pastures  ever  vernal, 
Drink  the  rivers  of  thy  grace ! 

388.  C.  M.  Heber. 

Earli/  Piety. 

1  By  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill 

How  fair  the  lily  grows ! 
How  sweet  the  breath,  beneath  the  hill. 
Of  Sharon's  dewy  rose ! 

2  Lo  !  such  the  child,  whose  early  feet 

The  paths  of  peace  have  trod, 
Whose  secret  heart,  with  influence  sweet, 
Is  upward  drawn  to  God. 

3  By  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill 

The  lily  must  decay  ; 
The  rose,  that  blooms  beneath  the  hill, 
Must  shortly  fade  away. 

4  And  soon,  too  soon,  the  wintry  hour 

Of  man's  maturer  age 
Will  shake  the  soul  with  sorrow's  power, 
And  stormy  passion's  rage. 


294  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

5  O  thou  who  givest  life  and  breath ! 
We  seek  thy  grace  alone, 
In  childhood,  manhood,  age,  and  death, 
To  keep  us  still  thine  own. 


OOy.  7s  M.  Lyka  Angelicana. 

Confirmation  Prayer. 

1  Thine  for  ever  !     God  of  love. 
Hear  us  from  thy  throne  above  ; 
Thine  for  ever  may  we  be, 
Here  and  in  eternity  ! 

2  Thine  for  ever !     Lord  of  life, 
Shield  us  through  our  earthly  strife; 
Thou  the  Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way, 
Guide  us  to  the  realms  of  day. 

3  Thine  for  ever !     O  how  blest 
They  who  find  in  thee  their  rest! 
Saviour,  Guardian,  heavenly  Friend, 
O  defend  us  to  the  end  ! 

4  Thine  for  ever  !     Saviour  keep 
These  thy  frail  and  trembling  sheep ; 
Safe  alone  beneath  thy  care. 

Let  us  all  thy  goodness  share. 

5  Thine  for  ever!     Thou  our  Guide, 
All  our  wants  by  thee  supplied, 
All  our  sins  by  thee  forgiven. 

Led  bv  thee  from  earth  to  heaven  I 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  295 

390.  S.  M.  J.  F.  Cr.ARKE. 

Baptism  of  a  Child. 

1  To  thee,  O  God  in  heaven ! 
This  little  one  we  bring, 

Giving  to  thee  what  thou  hast  given, 
Our  dearest  offering. 

2  Into  a  world  of  toil 
These  little  feet  will  roam. 

Where  sin  its  purity  may  soil, 
Where  care  and  grief  may  come. 

3  O,  then,  let  thy  pure  love, 
With  influence  serene. 

Come  down,  like  water,  from  above, 
To  comfort  and  make  clean. 

4  And  as  this  water  falls 
On  this  unconscious  brow. 

Thy  Holy  Spirit  grant,  O  Lord ! 
To  keep  it  pure  as  now. 

391.  L.  M.  Watts. 

The  Lord's  Supper  instituted. 

1  'TwAS  on  that  dark,  that  doleful  night, 
When  powers  of  earth  and  hell  arose 
Against  the  Son  of  God's  delight, 
And  friends  betrayed  him  to  his  foes. 

2  Before  the  mournful  scene  began, 

He  took  the  bread  and  blessed  and  brake  : 
What  love  through  all  his  actions  ran ! 
What  wondrous  words  of  grace  he  spake ! 


296  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

3  "  This  is  ray  body,  broke  for  sin  ; 
Receive  and  eat  the  living  food : " 

Then  took  the  cup,  and  blessed  the  wine ; 
"  'Tis  the  new  covenant  in  my  blood." 

4  "Do  this,"  he  cried,  "till  time  shall  end, 
In  memory  of  your  dying  Friend ; 
Meet  at  my  table  and  record 

The  love  of  your  departed  Lord." 

5  Jesus !  thy  feast  we  celebrate  ; 

We  show  thy  death,  we  sing  thy  name, 
Till  thou  return,  and  we  shall  eat 
The  marriage  supper  of  the  Lamb. 

392.  L.  M.  Watts. 

The  Memorial  of  our  absent  Lord. 

1  Jesus  is  gone  above  the  skies. 
Where  our  weak  senses  reach  him  not ; 
And  carnal  objects  court  our  eyes. 

To  thrust  our  Saviour  from  our  thought. 

2  He  knows  what  wandering  hearts  we  have. 
Apt  to  forget  his  lovely  face ; 

And  to  refresh  our  minds  he  gave 
These  kind  memorials  of  his  grace. 

3  Let  sinful  sweets  be  all  forgot. 
And  earth  grow  less  in  our  esteem  ; 
Christ  and  his  love  fill  every  thought, 
And  faith  and  hope  be  fixed  on  him. 

4  While  he  is  absent  from  our  sight, 
'Tis  to  prepare  our  souls  a  jilace. 
That  we  may  dwell  in  heavenly  light, 
And  live  for  ever  near  his  face. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  297 

0\jO,  C.  M.  Montgomeey, 

"  This  do  in  Remembrance  of  me." 

1  According  to  thy  gracious  word, 

In  meek  humility, 
This  will  I  do,  my  dying  Lord,  — 
I  will  remember  thee. 

2  Thy  body,  broken  for  my  sake. 

My  bread  from  heaven  shall  be ; 
Thy  testamental  cup  I  take, 
And  thus  remember  thee. 

3  Gethsemane  can  I  forget. 

Or  there  thy  conflict  see, 
Thine  agony  and  bloody  sweat, 
And  not  remember  thee  ? 

4  When  to  the  cross  I  turn  my  eyes, 

And  rest  on  Calvary, 
O  Lamb  of  God,  my  Sacrifice ! 
I  must  remember  thee  ; 

5  Remember  thee  and  all  thy  pains, 

And  all  thy  love  to  me, 
Yea,  while  a  breath,  a  pulse  remains. 
Will  I  remember  thee. 

6  And  when  these  failing  lips  grow  dumb, 

And  mind  and  memory  flee. 
When  thou  shalt  in  thy  kingdom  come, 
Jesus,  remember  me. 


298  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

394.  S.  M.  FUENESS. 

A  Communion  Hymn. 

1  O  FOR  a  prophet's  fire, 
O  for  an  angel's  tongue, 

To  speak  the  mighty  love  of  Him 
Who  on  the  cross  was  hmig! 

2  In  vain  our  hearts  attempt, 
In  language  meet,  to  tell 

How  through  a  thousand  sorrows  burned 
That  flame  unquenchable. 

3  Yet  would  we  praise  that  love. 
Beyond  expression  dear ; 

Come,  gather  round  this  table,  then, 
And  celebrate  it  here. 

4  Here,  in  the  bread  and  wine, 
Your  dying  Saviour  view ; 

Thus  did  he  give  his  body  up. 
And  thus  his  blood,  for  you. 

5  These  symbols  of  his  death, 

O,  with  what  power  they  speak! 
Prophetic  lips  and  angels'  lyres. 
Compared  with  these,  are  weak. 

6  And  shall  they  plead  in  vain 
With  our  forgetful  souls  ? 

Forbid  it,  God,  while  through  our  veins 
The  vital  current  rolls. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  299 


395.  CM.  E.  Taylor. 

Proper  Dispositions  for  the  Communion. 

1  O  HERE,  if  ever,  God  of  love, 

Let  strife  and  hatred  cease  ; 
And  every  thought  harmonious  move, 
And  every  heart  be  peace  ! 

2  Not  here,  where  met  to  think  on  Him 

Whose  latest  thoughts  were  ours, 
Shall  mortal  passions  come  to  dim 
The  prayer  devotion  pours. 

3  No  :  gracious  Master,  not  in  vain 

Thy  life  of  love  hath  been  ; 
The  peace  thou  gav'st  may  yet  remain. 
Though  thou  no  more  art  seen. 

4  "  Thy  kingdom  come ;  "  we  watch,  we  wait, 

To  hear  thy  cheering  call. 
When  heaven  shall  ope  its  glorious  gate. 
And  God  be  all  in  all. 

396.  C.  M.  S.  F.  Smith. 

One  in  Christ. 

1  Planted  in  Christ,  the  living  Vine, 

This  day,  with  one  accord. 
Ourselves,  with  humble  faith  and  joy, 
We  yield  to  thee,  O  Lord ! 

2  Joined  in  one  body  may  we  be; 

One  inward  life  partake ; 
One  be  our  heart,  one  heavenly  hope 
In  every  bosom  wake. 


300  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

3  In  prayer,  in  effort,  tears,  and  toils, 

One  wisdom  be  our  guide  ; 
Taught  by  one  Spirit  from  above, 
In  thee  may  we  abide. 

4  Then,  when  among  the  saints  in  light 

Our  joyful  spirits  shine, 
Shall  anthems  of  immortal  praise, 
O  Lamb  of  God !  be  thine. 


397.  p.  M.  Kkhle. 

1  Bread  of  the  world,  in  mercy  broken, 
Wine  of  the  soul,  in  mercy  shed. 

By  whom  the  words  of  life  were  spoken, 
And  in  whose  death  our  sins  are  dead, — 

2  Look  on  the  heart  by  sorrow  broken, 
Look  on  the  tears  by  sinners  shed, 
And  be  thy  feast  to  us  the  token 
That  by  thy  grace  our  souls  are  fed. 


o9o.  7s  &  6s  M.       From  Tiios.  Aquinas. 

Christ  our  Life. 

1   O  BREAD  to  pilgrims  given, 

O  food  that  angels  eat, 
O  manna  sent  from  heaven. 

For  heaven-born  natures  meet! 
Give  us,  for  thee  long  pining, 

To  eat  till  richly  filled  ; 
Till,  earth's  delights  resigning, 

Our  every  wish  is  stilled. 


PUBLIC    OCCASIONS.  301 

O  water,  life-bestowing, 

From  out  the  Saviour's  heart, 
A  fountain  purely  flowing, 

A  fount  of  love  thou  art ! 
O  let  us,  freely  tasting. 

Our  burning  thirst  assuage  ! 
Thy  sweetness,  never  wasting. 

Avails  from  age  to  age. 

Jesus,  this  feast  receiving. 

We  thee  unseen  adore  ; 
Thy  faithful  word  believing, 

We  take,  and  doubt  no  more; 
Give  us,  thou  true  and  loving, 

On  earth  to  live  in  thee ; 
Then,  death  the  veil  removii]g. 

Thy  glorious  face  to  see  I 


399.  CM.  MOU  AVIAN. 

"  He  shall  feed  his  Flock  like  a  Shepherd." 

1  Shepherd  of  souls,  refresh  and  bless 

Thy  chosen  pilgrim  flock. 

With  manna  in  the  wilderness. 

With  water  from  the  rock. 

2  Hungry  and  thirsty,  faint  and  weak. 

As  thou  when  here  below. 
Our  souls  the  joys  celestial  seek 
Which  from  thy  sorrows  flow. 

3  We  would  not  live  by  bread  alone, 

But  by  that  word  of  grace, 
In  strength  of  which  we  travel  on 
To  our  abiding-place. 


302  PUBLIC    OCCASIONS. 

4  Be  known  to  us  in  breaking  bread, 

But  do  not  then  depart ; 
Saviour,  abide  with  us,  and  spread 
Thy  table  in  our  heart. 

5  Lord,  sup  with  us  in  love  divine ; 

Thy  body  and  thy  blood. 
That  living  bread,  that  heavenly  wine. 
Be  our  immortal  food. 

4:00.  S.  M.  Frothingham. 

The  Son  of  God  giving  Thanks. 

1  The  Son  of  God  gave  thanks 
Before  the  bread  he  broke ; 

How  high  that  calm  devotion  ranks 
Among  the  words  he  spoke  ! 

2  Thanks,  'mid  those  troubled  men; 
Thanks,  at  that  deathly  hour ; 

The  world's  dark  prince  advancing  then 
With  all  his  rage  and  power. 

3  Thanks,  o'er  that  loaf's  dread  sign  ; 
Thanks,  o'er  that  bitter  food  ; 

And  o'er  the  cup  that  was  not  wine, 
But  sorrow,  fear,  and  blood. 

4  And  shall  our  griefs  resent 
What  God  appoints  as  best. 

When  he  in  all  things  innocent 
Was  yet  in  all  distressed. 

5  Shall  we  unthankful  be 
For  all  our  blessings'  round. 

When  in  the  press  of  agony 

Such  room  for  thanks  he  found  ? 


PUBLIC    OCCASIONS.  303 

)     O  shame  us,  Lord,  —  whate'er 

The  fortunes  of  our  days, — 
If  chastened,  we  are  weak  to  bear, 

If  favored,  slow  to  praise  I 


-4:01.  CM.  Frotiiingham. 

Remember  me. 

1  "  Remember  me,"  the  Saviour  said 

On  that  forsaken  night, 
When  from  his  side  his  nearest  fled, 
And  death  was  close  in  sight. 

2  Through  all  the  following  ages'  track 

The  world  remembers  yet; 
With  love  and  worship  gazes  back, 
And  never  can  forget. 

3  But  who  of  us  has  seen  his  face, 

Or  heard  the  words  he  said  ? 
And  none  can  now  his  look  retrace, 
In  breaking  of  the  bread. 

4  O  blest  are  they  who  have  not  seen, 

But  yet  believe  him  still ! 
They  know  him  when  his  praise  they  mean, 
And  when  they  do  his  will. 

5  We  hear  his  truth  along  our  way. 

We  see  his  light  above ; 
Remember,  when  we  watch  and  pray, 
Remember,  when  we  love. 


304  PUBLIC    OCCASIONS. 

4tU^.  C.  M.  Anonymous. 

One  in  Christ. 

1  A  HOLY  air  is  breathing  round, 

A  fragrance  from  above ; 
Be  every  soul  from  sense  unbound, 
Be  every  spirit  love. 

2  O  God !    unite  us  heart  to  heart, 

In  sympathy  divine, 
That  we  be  never  drawn  apart. 
And  love  not  thee  nor  thine  ; 

3  But  by  the  cross  of  Jesus  taught, 

And  all  thy  gracious  word. 
Be  nearer  to  each  other  brought, 
And  nearer  to  the  Lord. 

403.  L.  M.  Watts. 

Cnicijixion  to  the  World. 

1  When  I  survey  the  wondrous  cross. 
On  which  the  Prince  of  Glory  died, 
My  richest  gain  I  count  but  loss, 
And  pour  contempt  on  all  my  pride. 

2  See,  from  his  head,  his  hands,  his  feet, 
Sorrow  and  love  flow  mingled  down  : 
Did  e'er  such  love  and  sorrow  meet, 
Or  thorns  compose  so  rich  a  crown  ? 

3  Were  the  whole  realm  of  nature  mine, 
That  were  a  present  far  too  small : 
Love  so  amazing,  so  divine. 
Demands  my  soul,  my  life,  my  all. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  305 


404.  L.  M.  Bache. 

"  Greater  Love  hath  no  Man  than  this." 

1  "  See  how  he  loved  !  "    exclaimed  the  Jews, 
As  tender  tears  from  Jesus  fell ; 

My  grateful  heart  the  thought  pursues, 
And  on  the  theme  delights  to  dwell. 

2  See  how  he  loved,  —  who  travelled  on, 
Teaching  the  doctrine  from  the  skies, 
Who  bade  disease  and  pain  be  gone. 
And  called  the  sleeping  dead  to  rise ! 

8   See  how  he  loved,  —  who  firm,  yet  mild, 
Patient  endured  the  scoffing  tongue! 
Though  oft  provoked,  he  ne'er  reviled, 
Or  did  his  greatest  foe  a  wrong. 

4  See  how  he  loved,  —  who  never  shrank 
From  toil  or  danger,  pain  or  death. 
Who  all  the  cup  of  sorrow  drank. 
And  meekly  yielded  up  his  breath  I 

5  Such  love  can  we,  unmoved,  survey  ? 
O,  may  our  breast  with  ardor  glow 
To  tread  his  steps,  his  laws  obey. 
And  thus  our  warm  affection  show ! 

405.  C.  M.  Mrs.  Barbauld. 
Christ's  Precept  of  Love. 

1  Behold,  where,  breathing  love  divine, 
Our  dying  Master  stands ! 
His  weeping  followers,  gathering  round, 
Receive  his  last  commands. 
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306  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

2  From  that  mild  Teacher's  parting  lips 

What  tender  accents  fell  I 
The  gentle  precept  which  he  gave 
Became  its  Author  well. 

3  "  Blest  is  the  man,  whose  softening  heart 

Feels  all  another's  pain  ; 
To  whom  the  supplicating  eye 
Was  never  raised  in  vain ; 

4  "  Whose  breast  expands  with  generous  warmth 

A  stranger's  woes  to  feel, 
And  bleeds  in  pity  o'er  the  wound 
He  wants  the  power  to  heal. 

5  "  He  spreads  his  kind,  supporting  arms 

To  every  child  of  grief; 
His  secret  bounty  largely  flows, 
And  gives  unasked  relief. 

6  "  To  gentle  offices  of  love 

His  feet  are  never  slow ; 
He  views,  through  mercy's  melting  eye, 
A  brother  in  a  foe. 

7  "  Peace  from  the  bosom  of  his  God, 

My  peace  to  him  I  give ; 
And,  when  he  kneels  before  the  throne. 
His  trembling  soul  shall  live. 

8  "  To  him  protection  shall  be  shown. 

And  mercy  from  above 
Descend  on  those  who  thus  fulfil 
The  perfect  law  of  love." 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  307 


406.  CM.  E.  Tatlop 

For  the  Lord's  Supper. 

1  "  O,  NOT  for  these  alone  I  pray!" 

The  dying  Saviour  said, 
Though  on  his  breast  that  moment  lay 
The  loved  disciple's  head ; 

2  Though  to  his  eye  that  moment  sprung 

The  kind,  the  pitying  tear 
For  those  that  eager  round  him  hung. 
His  words  of  love  to  hear. 

3  No,  not  for  them  alone  he  prayed ; 

For  all  of  mortal  race. 
Whene'er  their  fervent  prayer  is  made, 
Where'er  their  dwelling-place. 

4  Sweet  is  the  thought,  when  here  we  meet, 

His  feast  of  love  to  share  ; 
And,  'mid  the  toils  of  life,  how  sweet 
The  memory  of  his  prayer ! 

5  O,  ne'er  in  souls  that  seek  his  face 

Let  harsher  passions  reign, 
To  tell  the  unbelieving  race 
The  Saviour  prayed  in  vain ! 


407.  8s  &  7s  M. 

After  Communion. 


Exeter  Coi,. 


From  the  table  now  retiring. 

Which  for  us  the  Lord  hath  spread. 
May  our  souls,  refreshment  finding. 

Grow  in  all  things  like  our  Head. 


308  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

2  His  example  by  beholding, 

May  our  lives  his  image  bear ; 

Him  our  Lord  and  Master  calling, 

His  commands  may  we  revere. 

3  Love  to  God  and  man  displaying, 

Walking  steadfast  in  his  way, 
Joy  attend  us  in  believing, 

Peace  from  God  through  endless  day. 

408.  7s  M.  Pkatt's  Col. 

Bread  of  Heaven. 

1  Bread  of  heaven,  on  thee  we  feed, 
For  thy  flesh  is  meat  indeed ; 
Ever  let  our  souls  be  fed 

With  this  true  and  living  bread. 

2  Vine  of  heaven,  thy  blood  supplies 
This  blest  cup  of  sacrifice  ; 

Lord,  thy  wounds  our  healing  give ; 
To  thy  cross  we  look  and  live. 

3  Day  by  day  with  strength  supplied. 
Through  the  life  of  Him  who  died, 
Lord  of  life,  O,  let  us  be 
Rooted,  grafted,  built  on  thee  I 


409.  L.M. 

Forms  and  Rites  vain  icitlwid  Virtue. 

1  The  u})lifted  eye  and  bended  knee 
Are  but  vain  homage.  Lord,  to  thee ; 
In  vain  our  lips  thy  praise  prolong. 
The  heart  a  stran<2:er  to  the  sontr. 


Scott. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  309 

2  Can  rites  and  forms  and  flaming  zeal 
The  breaches  of  thy  precepts  heal  ? 
Or  fasts  and  penance  reconcile 

Thy  justice,  and  obtain  thy  smile  ? 

3  The  pure,  the  humble,  contrite  mind, 
Sincere,  and  to  thy  will  resigned, 
To  thee  a  nobler  offering  yields 

Than  Sheba's  groves  or  Sharon's  fields. 

4  Love  God  and  man :  this  great  command 
Doth  on  eternal  pillars  stand ; 

This  did  thine  ancient  prophets  teach. 
And  this  thy  Well-beloved  preach. 

4:10.  7s  M.  Mrs.  Barbauld. 

Praise  to  God. 

1  Praise  to  God,  immortal  praise, 
For  the  love  that  crowns  our  days ; 
Bounteous  Source  of  every  joy. 

Let  thy  praise  our  tongues  employ,  — 

2  For  the  blessings  of  the  field. 
For  the  stores  the  gardens  yield, 
For  the  vine's  exalted  juice. 
For  the  generous  olive's  use. 

3  Flocks  that  whiten  all  the  plain, 
Yellow  sheaves  of  ripened  grain. 
Clouds  that  drop  their  fattening  dews, 
Suns  that  temperate  warmth  diffuse ; 

4  All  that  Spring,  with  bounteous  hand. 
Scatters  o'er  the  smiling  land  ; 

All  that  liberal  Autumn  pours 
From  her  rich,  o'erflowing  stores,  — 


310  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

5  These  to  thee,  my  God,  we  owe, 
Source  whence  all  our  blessings  flow ; 
And  for  these  my  soul  shall  raise 
Grateful  vows  and  solemn  praise. 

6  Yet  should  rising  whirlwinds  tear 
From  its  stem  the  ripening  ear; 
Should  the  fig-tree's  blasted  shoot 
Drop  her  green,  untimely  fruit ; 

7  Should  the  vine  put  forth  no  more. 
Nor  the  olive  yield  her  store ; 
Though  the  sickening  flocks  should  fall, 
And  the  herds  desert  the  stall ; 

8  Should  thine  altered  hand  restrain 
The  early  and  the  latter  rain, 
Blast  each  opening  bud  of  joy. 
And  the  rising  year  destroy,  — 

9  Yet  to  thee  my  soul  should  raise 
Grateful  vows  and  solemn  praise, 
And,  when  every  blessing's  flown. 
Love  thee  —  for  thyself  alone. 

4:11.  6s  &  4s  M.  Montgomery. 

Harvest  Hymn. 

1  The  God  of  harvest  praise ; 
In  loud  thanksgiving  raise 

Hand,  heart,  and  voice ; 
The  valleys  smile  and  sing. 
Forests  and  mountains  ring. 
The  plains  their  tribute  bring. 
The  streams  rejoice. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  311 

2  Yea,  bless  his  holy  name, 
And  purest  thanks  proclaim 

Through  all  the  earth  ; 
To  glory  in  your  lot 
Is  duty  ;  but  be  not 
God's  benefits  forgot, 

Amidst  your  mirth. 

3  The  God  of  harvest  praise ; 
Hands,  hearts,  and  voices  raise, 

With  sweet  accord ; 
From  field  to  garner  throng, 
Bearing  your  sheaves  along, 
And  in  your  harvest  song 

Bless  ye  the  Lord. 

rLl-Zl.  L.   M.  MONTGOMERT. 

The  Church.     Institutions  and  Ordinances. 

1  When  here,  O  Lord !  we  seek  thy  face. 
And  dying  sinners  pray  to  live. 

Hear  thou  in  heaven,  thy  dwelling-place. 
And  when  thou  hearest.  Lord,  forgive. 

2  When  here  thy  messengers  proclaim 
The  blessed  gospel  of  thy  Son, 
Still  by  the  power  of  his  great  name 
Be  mighty  signs  and  wonders  done. 

3  When  children's  voices  raise  the  song 
Hosanna !  to  their  heavenly  King, 

Let  heaven  with  earth  the  strain  prolong ; 
Hosanna  I  let  their  angels  sing. 

4  But  will,  indeed,  Jehovah  deign 
Here  to  abide,  no  transient  guest  ? 
Here  will  our  great  Redeemer  reign. 
And  here  the  Holy  Spirit  rest  ? 


312  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

5  Thy  glory  never  hence  depart; 

Yet  choose  not,  Lord,  this  house  alone ; 
Thy  kingdom  come  to  every  heart ; 
In  every  bosom  fix  thy  throne. 

413,  L.    M.  COWPER. 

On  opening  a  Place  for  Social  Worship. 

1  Our  God,  where'er  thy  people  meet, 
There  they  behold  thy  mercy-seat ; 
Where'er  they  seek  thee,  thou  art  found, 
And  every  place  is  hallowed  ground. 

2  For  thou,  within  no  walls  confined, 
Inhabitest  the  humble  mind  ; 

Such  ever  bring  thee  where  they  come, 
And  going,  take  thee  to  their  home. 

3  Here  may  we  prove  the  power  of  prayer, 
To  strengthen  faith  and  sweeten  care ; 
To  teach  our  faint  desires  to  rise. 

And  bring  all  heaven  before  our  eyes. 

4  Behold,  at  thy  commanding  word. 
We  stretch  the  curtain  and  the  cord ; 
Come  thou,  and  fill  this  wider  space. 
And  bless  us  with  a  large  increase. 

5  Lord,  we  are  few,  but  thou  art  near ; 
Nor  short  thine  arm,  nor  deaf  thine  ear; 
O  rend  the  heavens,  come  quickly  down, 
And  make  a  thousand  hearts  thine  own ! 


PUBLIC    OCCASIONS.  313 

■4:14:.  L.  M.  Frothingham. 

Ordination  of  a  Minister. 

1  O  God,  whose  presence  glows  in  all 
Within,  around  us,  and  above, 

Thy  word  we  bless,  thy  name  we  call, 
Whose  word  is  truth,  whose  name  is  Love. 

2  That  truth  be  with  the  heart  believed, 
Of  all  who  seek  this  sacred  place ; 

With  power  proclaimed,  in  peace  received, 
Our  spirits'  light,  thy  Spirit's  grace. 

3  That  love  its  holy  influence  pour. 
To  keep  us  meek,  and  make  us  free. 
And  throw  its  binding  blessing  more 
Round  each  with  all,  and  all  with  thee. 

4  Direct  and  guard  the  youthful  strength 
Devoted  to  thy  Son  this  day ; 

And  give  thy  word  full  course  at  length 
O'er  man's  defects  and  time's  decay. 

5  Send  down  its  angel  to  our  side  \ 
Send  in  its  calm  upon  the  breast; 
For  we  would  know  no  other  guide. 
And  we  can  need  no  other  rest. 

4:10.  CM.  Frothingham. 

Ordination  Hymn, 

1  O  Lord  of  life  and  truth  and  grace, 
Ere  nature  was  begun. 
Make  welcome  to  our  erring  race 
Thy  Spirit  and  thy  Son. 


314  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

2  We  hail  the  church,  built  high  o'er  all 

The  heathens'  rage  and  scoff, 
Thy  providence  its  fenced  wall, 
"  The  Lamb  the  light  thereof." 

3  Thy  Christ  hath  reached  his  heavenly  seat 

Through  sorrows  and  through  scars ; 
The  golden  lamps  are  at  his  feet,* 
And  in  his  hand  the  stars. 

4  O,  may  he  walk  among  us  here, 

With  his  rebuke  and  love, 
A  brightness  o'er  this  lower  sphere, 
A  ray  from  worlds  above! 

5  Teach  thou  thy  youthful  servant,  Lord, 

The  mysteries  he  reveals. 
That  reverence  may  receive  the  word. 
And  meekness  loose  the  seals. 

4:16.  7s  &  6s  M.  Bishop  Hebek. 

Missionary  Hymn. 

1  From  Greenland's  icy  mountains. 

From  India's  coral  strand, 
Where  Afric's  sunny  fountains 

Roll  down  their  golden  sand, 
From  many  an  ancient  river. 

From  many  a  palmy  plain, 
They  call  us  to  deliver 

Their  land  from  error's  chain. 

2  What  though  the  spicy  breezes 

Blow  soft  o'er  Ceylon's  isle. 
Though  every  prospect  pleases, 
And  only  man  is  vile? 

*  Kev.  ii.  1. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  315 

In  vain,  with  lavish  kindness, 

The  gifts  of  God  are  strewn ; 
The  heathen,  in  his  blindness, 

Bows  down  to  wood  and  stone. 

Shall  we,  whose  souls  are  lighted 

By  wisdom  from  on  high, 
Shall  we  to  men  benighted 

The  lamp  of  life  deny  ? 
Salvation !   O  salvation ! 

The  joyful  sound  proclaim. 
Till  each  remotest  nation 

Has  learnt  Messiah's  name. 


4:1  J  .  C.  M.  Miss  Fletcher. 

Showing  Mercy. 

1  Think  gently  of  the  erring  one ! 

O,  let  us  not  forget, 
However  darkly  stained  by  sin. 
He  is  our  brother  yet ! 

2  Heir  of  the  same  inheritance. 

Child  of  the  self-same  God, 
He  hath  but  stumbled  in  the  path 
We  have  in  weakness  trod. 

3  Speak  gently  to  the  erring  ones ! 

We  yet  may  lead  them  back. 
With  holy  words,  and  tones  of  love. 
From  misery's  thorny  track. 

4  Forget  not,  brother,  thou  hast  sinned, 

And  sinful  yet  mayst  be  ; 
Deal  gently  with  the  erring  heart. 
As  God  hath  dealt  with  thee. 


316  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

418.  s.M. 

Sow  in  Faith. 


Montgomery. 


1  Sow  in  the  morn  thy  seed, 
At  eve  hold  not  thy  hand ; 

To  doubt  and  fear  give  thou  no  heed, 

Broadcast  it  o'er  the  land ! 

Beside  all  waters  sow. 

The  highway  furrows  stock. 
Drop  it  where  thorns  and  thistles  grow, 

Drop  it  upon  the  rock ! 

2  The  good,  the  fruitful  ground 
Expect  not  here  nor  there  ; 

O'er  hill  and  dale  and  plain  'tis  found. 
Go  forth,  then,  everywhere ! 
And  duly  shall  appear, 
In  verdure,  beauty,  strength. 

The  tender  blade,  the  stalk,  the  ear, 
And  the  full  corn  at  length. 

3  Thou  canst  not  toil  in  vain  ; 
Cold,  heat,  and  moist  and  dry, 

Shall  foster  and  mature  the  grain 

For  garners  in  the  sky ; 

Then  when  the  glorious  end, 

The  day  of  God,  shall  come. 
The  angel-reapers  shall  descend. 

At  heaven's  great  harvest-home. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  317 


419.  7s  &  6s  M. 

Triumphs  of  the  Gospel. 

1  The  morning  light  is  breaking, 

The  darkness  disappears; 
The  sons  of  earth  are  waking 

To  penitential  tears. 
Each  breeze  that  sweeps  the  ocean 

Brings  tidings  from  afar, 
Of  nations  in  commotion. 

Prepared  for  Zion's  war. 

2  Rich  dews  of  grace  come  o'er  us 

In  many  a  gentle  shower ; 
And  brighter  scenes  before  us 

Are  opening  every  hour. 
Each  cry  to  heaven  going, 

Abundant  answer  brings ; 
And  heavenly  gales  are  blowing, 

With  peace  upon  their  wings. 

3  See  heathen  nations  bending 

Before  the  God  we  love, 
And  thousand  hearts  ascending 

In  gratitude  above ; 
While  sinners,  now  confessing, 

The  gospel  call  obey, 
And  seek  the  Saviour's  blessing, 

A  nation  in  a  day. 

4  Blest  river  of  salvation, 

Pursue  thine  onward  way ; 
Flow  thou  to  every  nation. 
Nor  in  thy  richness  stay : 


318  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

Stay  not  till  all  the  lowly 

Triumphant  reach  their  home ; 

Stay  not  till  all  the  holy 

Proclaim,  "  The  Lord  is  come." 

^Ji\J,  L.  M.  Montgomery. 

The  Baptism  of  the  Spirit. 

1  O  Spirit  of  the  living  God, 
In  all  thy  plenitude  of  grace. 
Where'er  the  foot  of  man  hath  trod. 
Descend  on  our  apostate  race. 

2  Give  tongues  of  fire,  and  hearts  of  love, 
To  preach  the  reconciling  word ; 

Give  power  and  unction  from  above, 
Where'er  the  joyful  sound  is  heard. 

3  Be  darkness,  at  thy  coming,  light. 
Confusion  order,  in  thy  path ; 

Souls  without  strength  inspire  with  might; 
Bid  mercy  triumph  over  wrath. 

4  Baptize  the  nations ;  far  and  nigh 
The  triumphs  of  the  cross  record ; 
The  name  of  Jesus  glorify. 

Till  every  kindred  call  him  Lord. 

5  O  Spirit  of  the  Lord !  prepare 

All  the  round  earth  her  God  to  meet, 
Breathe  thou  abroad  like  morning  air, 
Till  hearts  of  stone  begin  to  beat. 


PUBLIC    OCCASIONS.  319 


^Jil.,  C  M.  Montgomery. 

Arise,  shine,  for  thy  Light  is  come. 

1  Daughter  of  Zion,  from  the  dust 

Exalt  thy  fallen  head; 
Again  in  thy  Redeemer  trust, 
He  calls  thee  from  the  dead. 

2  Awake,  awake,  put  on  thy  strength. 

Thy  beautiful  array ; 
The  day  of  freedom  dawns  at  length, 
The  Lord's  appointed  day. 

3  Rebuild  thy  walls,  thy  bounds  enlarge, 

And  send  thy  heralds  forth ; 
Say  to  the  South,  "  Give  up  thy  charge," 
And  "  keep  not  back,  O  North ! " 

4  They  come,  they  come ;  thine  exiled  bands. 

Where'er  they  rest  or  roam, 
Have  heard  thy  voice  in  distant  lands. 
And  hasten  to  their  home. 

5  Thus,  though  the  universe  shall  burn 

And  God  his  works  destroy, 
With  songs  the  ransomed  shall  return, 
And  everlasting  joy. 


4:22.  C.  M.  Bishop  Heber. 

In  Times  of  Distress  and  Danger. 

1  O  God  that  madest  the  earth  and  sky, 
The  darkness  and  the  day ! 
Give  ear  to  this  thy  family. 
And  help  us  when  we  pray. 


320  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

For  wide  the  waves  of  bitterness 

Around  our  vessel  roar, 
And  heavy  grows  the  pilot's  heart, 

To  view  the  rocky  shore. 

2  The  cross  our  Master  bore  for  us, 

For  him  we  fain  would  bear ; 
But  mortal  strength  to  weakness  turns, 

And  courage  to  despair : 
Then  mercy  on  our  failings,  Lord ! 

Our  sinking  faith  renew ! 
And  when  his  sorrows  visit  us. 

Oh  send  his  patience  too ! 


423.  L.  M.  Watts. 

Prayer  and  Hope  of  Vidory.     Ps.  20. 

1  Now  may  the  God  of  power  and  grace 
Attend  his  people's  humble  cry; 
Jehovah  hears  when  Israel  prays, 
And  brings  deliverance  from  on  high. 

2  In  his  salvation  is  our  hope. 
And  in  the  name  of  Israel's  God 
Our  troops  shall  lift  their  banners  up. 
Our  navies  spread  their  flags  abroad. 

3  Some  trust  in  horses  trained  for  war. 
And  some  of  chariots  make  their  boasts; 
Our  surest  expectations  are 

From  thee,  the  Lord  of  heavenly  hosts. 

4  Now  save  us,  Lord,  from  slavish  fear. 
Now  let  our  hopes  be  firm  and  strong. 
Till  thy  salvation  shall  appear, 

And  joy  and  triumph  raise  the  song. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  321 

424.  6S  &  4s   M.  J.  S.  DWIGHT. 

Our  Native  Land. 

1  God  blegs  our  native  land ! 
Firm  may  she  ever  stand, 

Through  storm  and  night; 
When  the  wild  tempests  rave, 
Ruler  of  winds  and  wave, 
Do  thou  our  country  save 

By  thy  great  might. 

2  For  her  our  prayer  shall  rise 
To  God  above  the  skies ; 

On  him  we  wait : 
Thou  who  hast  heard  each  sigh, 
Watching  each  weeping  eye. 
Be  thou  for  ever  nigh  ; 

God  save  the  State ! 

425.  6s  &  4s  M.  S.  F.  Smith. 

My  Country. 

1  My  country !  'tis  of  thee, 
Sweet  land  of  liberty. 

Of  thee  I  sing: 
Land  where  my  fathers  died, 
Land  of  the  pilgrim's  pride. 
From  every  mountain-side 

Let  freedom  ring. 

2  My  native  country!  thee, 
Land  of  the  noble  free. 

Thy  name  I  love ; 
I  love  thy  rocks  and  rills, 
Thy  woods  and  templed  hills ; 
My  heart  with  rapture  thrills 

Like  that  above. 
21 


322  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

3  Let  music  swell  the  breeze, 
And  ring  from  all  the  trees 

Sweet  freedom's  song  I 
Let  mortal  tongues,  awake  ; 
Let  all  that  breathes  partake ; 
Let  rocks  their  silence  break, — 

The  sounds  prolong. 

4  Our  fathers'  God !  to  thee, 
Author  of  liberty,  — 

To  thee  we  sing ; 
Long  may  our  land  be  bright 
With  freedom's  holy  light ; 
Protect  us  by  thy  might. 

Great  God,  our  King. 

4:26.  L.  M.  Doddridge. 

For  New  Year's  Day. 

1  My  Helper,  God,  I  bless  his  name ; 

The  same  his  power,  his  grace  the  same ; 
The  tokens  of  his  friendly  care 
Open  and  crown  and  close  the  year. 

2  I  'midst  ten  thousand  dangers  stand. 
Supported  by  his  guardian  hand. 
And  see,  when  I  survey  my  ways, 
Ten  thousand  monuments  of  praise. 

3  Thus  far  his  arm  hath  led  me  on ; 
Thus  far  I  make  his  mercy  known ; 
And,  while  I  tread  this  desert  land, 
New  mercies  shall  new  songs  demand. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  323 

427.  C.  M.  Doddridge. 

For  a  new  Year, 

1  Remark,  my  soul,  the  narrow  bounds 

Of  the  revolving  year ; 
How  swift  the  weeks  complete  their  rounds ! 
How  short  the  months  appear! 

2  So  fast  eternity  comes  on, 

And  that  important  day, 
When  all  that  mortal  life  has  done 
God's  judgment  shall  survey. 

3  Yet,  like  an  idle  tale,  we  pass 

The  swift-advancing  year. 
And  study  artful  ways  to  increase 
The  speed  of  its  career. 

4  Waken,  O  God  !  my  trifling  heart, 

Its  great  concern  to  see ; 
That  I  may  act  the  Christian  part, 
And  give  the  year  to  thee. 

5  So  shall  their  course  more  grateful  roll, 

If  future  years  arise  ; 
Or  this  shall  bear  my  smiling  soul 
To  joy  that  never  dies. 

4:.4o.  L.  M.  Doddridge. 

For  a  new  Year. 

1  Great  God,  we  sing  that  mighty  hand, 
By  which  supported  still  we  stand : 
The  opening  year  thy  mercy  shows ; 
That  mercy  crowns  it  till  it  close. 


324  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

2  By  day,  by  night,  at  home,  abroad, 
Still  are  we  guarded  by  our  God, 
By  his  incessant  bounty  fed, 

By  his  unerring  counsel  led. 

3  With  grateful  hearts  the  past  we  own  ; 
The  future,  all  to  us  unknown. 

We  to  thy  guardian  care  commit, 
And  peaceful  leave  before  thy  feet. 

4  In  scenes  exalted  or  depressed, 
Thou  art  our  joy,  and  thou  our  rest; 
Thy  goodness  all  our  hopes  shall  raise. 
Adored  through  all  our  changing  days. 

5  When  death  shall  interrupt  these  songs, 
And  seal  in  silence  mortal  tongues, 
Our  Helper,  God,  in  whom  we  trust. 

In  better  worlds  our  souls  shall  boast. 


429.  P.  M.  Wesley's  Col 

For  a  new  Year. 

1  Come,  let  us  anew  our  journey  pursue, 

Roll  round  with  the  year. 
And  never  stand  still  till  the  Master  appear. 

2  His  adorable  will  let  us  gladly  fulfil, 

And  our  talents  improve. 
By  the  patience  of  hope,  and  the  labor  of  love. 

3  Our  life  is  a  dream ;  our  time  as  a  stream 

Glides  swiftly  away. 
And  the  fugitive  moment  refuses  to  stay. 


PUBLIC  OCCASIONS.  325; 

4  The  arrow  is  flown  ;  the  moment  is  gone ; 

The  millennial  year 
Rushes  on  to  our  view,  and  eternity's  here. 

5  O  that  each,  in  the  day  of  his  coming,  may  say, 

"  I  have  fought  my  way  through ; 
I  have  finished  the  work  thou  didst  give  me  to 
do"! 

6  O  that  each  from  his  Lord  may  receive  the  glad 

word, 
»  Well  and  faithfully  done ! 
Enter  into  my  joy,  and  sit  down  on  my  throne  " ! 


430.  7s  M.  J.  Newton. 

Time  hoio  swiji. 

1  While,  with  ceaseless  course,  the  sun 
Hasted  through  the  former  year, 
Many  souls  their  race  have  run. 
Never  more  to  meet  us  here : 

Fixed  in  an  eternal  state. 

They  have  done  with  all  below ; 

We  a  little  longer  wait, 

But  how  little  none  can  know. 

2  As  the  winged  arrow  flies, 
Speedily  the  mark  to  find,  — 
As  the  lightning  from  the  skies 
Darts,  and  leaves  no  trace  behind,  — 
Swiftly  thus  our  fleeting  days 

Bear  us  down  life's  rapid  stream ; 
Upwards,  Lord,  our  spirits  raise  ; 
All  below  is  but  a  dream. 


826  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

3  Thanks  for  mercies  past  receive ; 
Pardon  of  our  sins  renew  ; 
Teach  us,  henceforth,  how  to  live 
With  eternity  in  view  : 
Bless  thy  word  to  young  and  old, 
Fill  us  with  a  Saviour's  love  ; 
And,  when  life's  short  tale  is  told, 
May  we  dwell  with  thee  above. 


431.  C.  M.  Gaskell 

Close  of  the  Year. 

1  O  God!  to  thee  our  hearts  would  pay 

Their  gratitude  sincere. 
Whose  love  hath  kept  us,  night  and  day, 
Throughout  another  year. 

2  Of  every  breath  and  every  power. 

Thou  wast  the  gracious  source  ; 
From  thee  came  every  happy  hour 
Which  smiled  along  its  course. 

8  And  if  sometimes  across  our  path 
A  cloud  its  shadows  threw, 
Thou  didst  not  waft  it  there  in  wrath, 
But  loving-kindness  true. 

4  For  joy  and  grief  alike  we  pay 
Our  thanks  to  thee  above ; 
And  only  pray  to  grow  each  day 
More  worthy  of  thy  love. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  327 

432.  C.  M.  Peabodt. 

The  Autumn  Evening. 

1  Behold  the  western  evening  light ! 

It  melts  in  deeper  gloom ; 
So  calm  the  righteous  sink  away, 
Descending  to  the  tomb. 

2  The  winds  breathe  low  ;  the  yellow  leaf 

Scarce  whispers  from  the  tree ; 
So  gently  flows  the  parting  breath, 
When  good  men  cease  to  be. 

3  How  beautiful,  on  all  the  hills, 

The  crimson  light  is  shed ! 
'Tis  like  the  peace  the  dying  gives 
To  mourners  round  his  bed. 

4  How  mildly  on  the  wandering  cloud 

The  sunset  beam  is  cast! 
So  sweet  the  memory  left  behind. 
When  loved  ones  breathe  their  last. 

5  And,  lo  I  above  the  dews  of  night 

The  vesper  star  appears; 
So  faith  lights  up  the  mourner's  heart. 
Whose  eyes  are  dim  with  tears. 

6  Night  falls,  but  soon  the  morning  light 

Its  glories  shall  restore  ; 
And  thus  the  eyes  that  sleep  in  death 
Shall  wake,  to  close  no  more. 


328  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

4:33.  6s  &  4s  M.  Mks.  Hemans. 

Funeral  Prayer. 

1  Lowly  and  solemn  be 
Thy  children's  cry  to  thee, 

Father  divine !  — 
A  hymn  of  suppliant  breath, 
Owning  that  life  and  death 

Alike  are  thine. 

2  O  Father !  in  that  hour 

When  earth  all  succoring  power 

Shall  disavow,  — 
When  spear  and  shield  and  crown 
In  faintness  are  cast  down,  — 

Sustain  us,  thou ! 

3  By  Him  who  bowed  to  take 
The  death-cup  for  our  sake. 

The  thorn,  the  rod, — 
From  whom  the  last  dismay 
Was  not  to  pass  away,  — 

Aid  us,  O  God  ! 

4  Tremblers  beside  the  grave, 
We  call  on  thee  to  save, 

Father  divine  I 
Hear,  hear  our  suppliant  breath ; 
Keep  us,  in  life  and  death, 

Thine,  only  thine. 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  329 

434:.  P.  M.  Bishop  Heber. 

Funeral  Hymn. 

1  Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave,  but  we  will  not  de- 

plore thee  ; 
Though  sorrows  and  darkness  encompass  the 

tomb, 
The  Saviour  has  passed  through  its  portals  before 

thee. 
And  the  lamp  of  his  love  is  thy  guide  through 

the  gloom. 

2  Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave  ;  we  no  longer  behold 

thee, 
Nor  tread  the  rough  path  of  the  world  by  thy 

side; 
But  the  wide  arms  of  mercy  are  spread  to  enfold 

thee, 
And  sinners  may  hope,  since  the   Sinless  has 

died. 

3  Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave,  and,  its  mansions 

forsaking. 

Perhaps  thy  tried  spirit  in  doubt  lingered  long ; 
But  the  sunshine  of  heaven  beamed  bright  on  thy 
waking. 

And  the  song  that  thou  heard'st  was  the  ser- 
aphim's song. 

4  Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave,  but  'twere  wrong  to 

deplore  thee, 
When  God  was  thy  Ransom,  thy  Guardian, 
and  Guide ; 
He  gave  thee,  and  took  thee,  and  soon  will  re- 
store thee. 
Where  death  has  no  sting,  since  the  Saviour 
has  died. 


330  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

435.  p.  M.  MiLMAN. 

Funeral  Hymn. 

1  Brother,  thou  art  gone  before  us, 

And  thy  saintly  soul  is  flown 
Where  tears  are  wiped  from  every  eye, 

And  sorrow  is  ^^nlvnown ; 
From  the  burden  of  the  flesh, 

And  from  care  and  fear  released, 
Where  the  wicked  cease  from  troubling, 

And  the  weary  are  at  rest. 

2  Sin  can  never  taint  thee  now, 

Nor  doubt  thy  faith  assail. 
Nor  thy  meek  trust  in  Jesus  Christ 

And  the  Holy  spirit  fail ; 
And  there  thou'rt  sure  to  meet  the  good, 

Whom  on  earth  thou  lovedst  best, 
Where  the  wicked  cease  from  troubling, 

And  the  weary  are  at  rest. 

3  "  Earth  to  earth,"  and  "  dust  to  dust," 

The  solemn  priest  hath  said. 
So  we  lay  the  turf  above  thee  now, 

And  we  seal  thy  narrow  bed ; 
But  thy  spirit,  brother,  soars  away 

Among  the  faithful  blest, 
Where  the  wicked  cease  from  troubling. 

And  the  weary  are  at  rest. 


436.  c.  M. 


Mrs.  Hemans. 


1  Calm  on  the  bosom  of  thy  God, 
Young  spirit  rest  thee  now  I 
E'en  while  with  us  thy  footsteps  trod, 
His  seal  was  on  thy  brow. 


PUBLIC    OCCASIONS.  331 

2  Dust,  to  its  narrow  house  beneath ! 

Soul,  to  its  place  on  high ! 
They  that  have  seen  thy  look  in  death 
No  more  may  fear  to  die. 

3  Lone  are  the  paths,  and  sad  the  bowers, 

Whence  thy  meek  smile  is  gone ; 
But  O,  a  brighter  home  than  ours, 
In  heaven  is  now  thine  own  ! 


437.  lis  &  4s  M.  Whittier. 

Time  and  Eternity.     Life  and  Death. 

1  With  silence  only  as  their  benediction, 

God's  angels  come, 
Where,  in  the  shadow  of  a  great  affliction, 
The  soul  sits  dumb. 

2  Yet  would  we  say  what  every  heart  approveth, 

Our  Father's  will. 
Calling  to  him  the  dear  ones  whom  he  loveth. 
Is  mercy  still. 

3  Not  upon  us  or  ours  the  solemn  angel 

Hath  evil  wrought ; 
The  funeral  anthem  is  a  glad  evangel ; 
The  good  die  not! 

4  God  calls  our  loved  ones,  but  we  lose  not  wholly 

What  he  has  given  ; 
They  live  on  earth  in  thought  and  deed,  as  truly 
As  in  his  heaven. 


odZ  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

438.  CM. 

Not  lost,  but  gone  before. 

1  Another  hand  is  beckoning  us, 

Another  call  is  given  ; 
And  glows  once  more  with  angel  steps 
The  path  that  leads  to  heaven. 

2  O,  half  we  deemed  she  needed  not 

The  changing  of  her  sphere, 

To  give  to  heaven  a  shining  one, 

Who  walked  an  angel  here. 

3  Unto  our  Father's  will  alone 

One  thought  hath  reconciled  : 
That  He  whose  love  exceedeth  ours 
Hath  taken  home  his  child. 

4  Fold  her,  O  Father  I  in  thine  arms. 

And  let  her  henceforth  be 
A  messenger  of  love  between 
Our  human  hearts  and  thee. 

5  Still  let  her  mild  rebukings  stand 

Between  us  and  the  wrong, 
And  her  dear  memory  serve  to  make 
Our  faith  in  ejoodness  stronsr. 


Whittier. 


439.  CM. 

"  Blessed  are  the  Dead  that  die  in  the  Lord.' 


Watts. 


1  Hear  what  the  voice  from  heaven  proclaims 
For  all  the  pious  dead  : 
Sweet  is  the  savor  of  their  names, 
And  soft  their  sleeping  bed. 


PUBLIC    OCCASIONS.  333 

2  They  die  in  Jesus,  and  are  blessed  ; 

How  kind  their  slumbers  are ! 
From  sufferings  and  from  sins  released, 
And  freed  from  every  snare. 

3  Far  from  this  world  of  toil  and  strife 

They're  present  with  the  Lord  ; 
The  labors  of  their  mortal  life 
End  in  a  large  reward. 


44:0.  S.  M.  Ancient  Hymns. 

Thanks  for  all  Saints, 

1  For  all  thy  saints,  O  God ! 
Who  strove  in  Christ  to  live. 

Who  followed  him,  obeyed,  adored, 
Our  grateful  hymn  receive. 

2  For  all  thy  saints,  O  God  ! 
Accept  our  thankful  cry. 

Who  counted  Christ  their  great  reward, 
And  strove  in  him  to  die. 

3  They  all,  in  life  and  death, 
With  him,  their  Lord,  in  view. 

Learned  from  thy  Holy  Spirit's  breath 
To  suffer  and  to  do. 

4  For  this  thy  name  we  bless. 
And  humbly  beg  that  we 

May  follow  them  in  holiness, 
And  live  and  die  in  thee. 


834  PUBLIC   OCCASIONS. 

4:4:1.  7s  M.  J.  H.  Bancroft. 

The  Christian's  Burial. 

1  Brother,  though  from  yonder  sky 
Cometh  neither  voice  nor  cry, 
Yet  we  know  for  thee  to-day 
Every  pain  hath  passed  away. 

2  Not  for  thee  shall  tears  be  given, 
Child  of  God  and  heir  of  heaven  ; 
For  he  gave  thee  sweet  release ; 
Thine  the  Christian's  death  of  peace. 

3  Well  we  know  thy  living  faith 
Had  the  power  to  conquer  death ; 
As  a  living  rose  may  bloom 

By  the  border  of  the  tomb. 

4  Brother,  in  that  solemn  trust. 
We  commend  thy  dust  to  dust ; 
In  that  faith  we  wait,  till,  risen, 
Thou  shalt  meet  us  all  in  heaven. 

5  While  we  weep  as  Jesus  wept, 
Thou  shalt  sleep  as  Jesus  slept ; 
Then  with  Jesus  thou  shalt  rest, 
Crowned  and  glorified  and  blest. 


442.  c.  M. 

The  Death  and  Burial  of  a  Saint. 

1  Why  do  we  mourn  departing  friends, 
Or  shake  at  death's  alarms  ? 
'Tis  but  the  voice  tiiat  Jesus  sends 
To  call  them  to  his  arms. 


"Watts 


PUBLIC    OCCASIONS.  335 

2  Why  should  we  tremble  to  convey 

Their  bodies  to  the  tomb  ? 
There  the  dear  flesh  of  Jesus  lay, 
And  left  a  long  perfume. 

3  The  graves  of  all  his  saints  he  blest, 

And  softened  every  bed  ; 
Where  should  the  dying  members  rest 
But  with  the  dying  Head  ? 

4  Thence  he  arose,  ascending  high. 

And  showed  our  feet  the  way  ; 
Up  to  the  Lord  our  flesh  shall  fly 
At  the  great  rising  day. 

5  Then  let  the  last,  loud  trumpet  sound, 

And  bid  our  kindred  rise ; 
Awake,  ye  nations  under  ground ; 
Ye  saints,  ascend  the  skies. 


443.  CM. 

Peaceful  Death  of  the  Righteous. 

1  I  LOOKED  upon  the  righteous  man. 

And  saw  his  parting  breath. 
Without  a  struggle  or  a  sigh, 

Serenely  yield  to  death  : 
There  was  no  anguish  on  his  brow. 

Nor  terror  in  his  eye  ; 
The  spoiler  aimed  a  fatal  dart, 

But  lost  the  victory. 

2  I  looked  upon  the  righteous  man. 

And  heard  the  holy  prayer, 
Which  rose  above  that  breathless  form 
To  soothe  the  mourner's  care ; 


336  PUBLIC    OCCASIONS. 

And  felt  how  precious  was  the  gift 
He  to  his  loved  ones  gave,  — 

The  stainless  memory  of  the  just, 
The  wealth  beyond  the  grave. 

3  I  looked  upon  the  righteous  man  ; 

And  all  our  earthly  trust 
Of  pleasure,  vanity,  or  pride. 

Seemed  lighter  than  the  dust 
Compared  with  his  celestial  gain, 

A  home  above  the  sky : 
O,  grant  us,  Lord,  his  life  to  live, 

That  we  like  him  may  die  ! 

444.  8s  &  7s  M.  MoiR. 

Death  of  a  Child. 

1  Fare  thee  well,  our  fondly  cherished  ! 

Dear,  dear  spirit,  fare  thee  well! 

He  who  lent  thee  hath  recalled  thee, 

Back  with  him  and  his  to  dwell. 

2  Like  a  sunbeam  through  our  dwelling 

Shone  thy  presence,  bright  and  calm ; 
Thou  didst  add  a  zest  to  pleasure ; 
To  our  sorrows  thou  wast  balm. 

3  Yet  while  mourning,  O  our  lost  one ! 

Come  no  visions  of  despair ; 
Seated  on  thy  tomb,  Faith's  angel 
Saith,  thou  art  not,  art  not  there. 

4  Where,  then,  art  thou  ?  with  the  Saviour, 

Blest,  for  ever  blest,  to  be ; 
'Mid  the  sinless  little  children 

Who  have  heard  his  "  Come  to  me." 


PUBLIC   OCCASIONS.  337 

5  Passed  the  shades  of  death's  dark  valley, 

Thou  art  leaning  on  his  breast, 
Where  the  wicked  may  not  enter. 
And  the  weary  are  at  rest. 

6  Plead,  that  in  a  Father's  mercy 

All  our  sins  may  be  forgiven ; 
Angel!  plead,  that  thou  mayst  greet  us, 
Ransomed,  at  the  gates  of  heaven. 


22 


11.    MORNING  AND   EVENING. 


445.  L.  M. 

Morning. 


Bishop  Kenn. 


1  Awake,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun 
Thy  daily  stage  of  duty  run  ; 
Shake  off  dull  sloth,  and  joyful  rise 
To  pay  thy  morning  sacrifice. 

2  Thy  precious  time,  misspent,  redeem ; 
Each  present  day  thy  last  esteem ; 
Improve  thy  talent  with  due  care ; 
For  the  great  day  thyself  prepare. 

3  In  conversation  be  sincere ; 

Keep  conscience,  as  the  noontide,  clear ; 
Think  how  the  all-seeing  God  thy  ways 
And  all  thy  secret  thoughts  surveys. 

4  Lord,  I  my  vows  to  thee  renew ; 
Scatter  my  sins  like  morning  dew  ; 
Guard  my  first  springs  of  thought  and  will, 
And  with  thyself  my  spirit  fill. 

5  Direct,  control,  suggest,  this  day. 
All  I  design  or  do  or  say, 

That  all  my  powers,  witii  all  their  might, 
In  thy  sole  glory  may  unite. 


MORNING  AND  EVENING.  339 

'^4:0.  L.  M.      6  lines.   Christian  Psalmist. 

Morning  or  Evening. 

1  As  every  day  thy  mercy  spares 
Will  brin^^  its  trials  or  its  cares, 
O  Father !    till  my  life  shall  end, 
Be  thoa  my  counsellor  and  friend ; 
Teach  me  thy  statutes  all  divine. 
And  let  thy  will  be  always  mine. 

2  When  each  day's  scenes  and  labors  close 
And  wearied  nature  seeks  repose, 
With  pardoning  mercy,  richly  blest, 
Guard  me,  my  Father,  while  I  rest; 
And  as  each  morning  sun  shall  rise, 

O  lead  me  onward  to  the  skies ! 

3  And  at  my  life's  last  setting  sun, 
My  conflicts  o'er,  my  labors  done, 
Father,  thine  heavenly  radiance  shed 
To  cheer  and  bless  my  dying  bed ; 
And  from  death's  gloom  my  spirit  raise 
To  see  thy  face,  and  sing  thy  praise. 


Keble. 


447.  L.M. 

Morning. 

1  O  TIMELY  happy,  timely  wise. 
Hearts  that  with  rising  morn  arise, 
Eyes  that  the  beam  celestial  view. 
Which  evermore  makes  all  things  new ! 

2  New  every  morning  is  the  love 
Our  waking  and  uprising  prove  ; 
Through  sleep  and  darkness  safely  brought. 
Restored  to  life  and  power  and  thought. 


340  MOENING   AND   EVENING. 

3  New  mercies,  each  returning  day, 
Hover  around  us  while  we  pray ; 
New  perils  past,  new  sins  forgiven, 

New  thoughts  of  God,  new  hopes  of  heaven. 

4  If,  on  our  daily  course,  our  mind 
Be  set  to  hallow  all  we  find. 

New  treasures  still,  of  countless  price, 
God  will  provide  for  sacrifice. 

5  O,  could  we  learn  that  sacrifice, 
What  lights  would  all  around  us  rise ! 
How  would  our  hearts  with  wisdom  talk, 
Along  life's  dullest,  dreariest  walk  I 

6  The  trivial  round,  the  common  task. 
Would  furnish  all  we  ought  to  ask, 
Room  to  deny  ourselves,  a  road 

To  bring  us,  daily,  nearer  God. 

4:4b.  L.  M.  Watts. 

A  Morning  Hijinn. 

1  God  of  the  morning,  at  whose  voice 
The  cheerful  sun  makes  haste  to  rise, 
And  like  a  giant  doth  rejoice 

To  run  his  journey  through  the  skies. 

2  From  the  fair  chambers  of  the  east, 
The  circuit  of  his  race  begins, 
And,  without  weariness  or  rest, 

Round  the  whole  earth  he  flies  and  shines. 

3  O,  like  the  sun  may  I  fulfil 

The  appointed  duties  of  the  day  ! 
With  ready  mind  and  active  will 
March  on  and  keep  my  heavenly  way. 


MORNING  AND  EVENING.  341 

4  Lord,  thy  commands  are  clean  and  pure, 
Enlightening  our  beclouded  eyes. 
Thy  threatenings  just,  thy  promise  sure, 
Thy  gospel  makes  the  simple  wise. 

449.  7s  M.  Episcopal  Col. 

Morning  Hymn. 

1  Now  the  shades  of  night  are  gone  ; 
Now  the  morning  light  is  come  ; 
Lord,  may  we  be  thine  to-day, 
Drive  the  shades  of  sin  away. 

2  Fill  our  souls  with  heavenly  light, 
Banish  doubt  and  clear  our  sight; 
In  thy  service,  Lord,  to-day, 

May  we  stand  and  watch  and  pray. 

3  Keep  our  haughty  passions  bound; 
Save  us  from  our  foes  around ; 
Going  out  and  coming  in, 

Keep  us  safe  from  every  sin. 

4  When  our  work  of  life  is  past, 

0  receive  us,  then,  at  last ! 
Night  and  sin  will  be  no  more. 
When  we  reach  the  heavenly  shore. 

40U.  7s  M.  Doddridge. 

Before  Sleep. 

1  Interval  of  grateful  shade. 
Welcome  to  my  weary  head ; 
Welcome,  slumbers,  to  mine  eyes. 
Tired  with  glaring  vanities. 


342  MORNING   AND   EVENING. 

2  My  great  Master  still  allows 
Needful  periods  of  repose  ; 

By  my  heavenly  Father  blessed, 
Thus  I  give  my  powers  to  rest. 

3  Heavenly  Father  !  gracious  name  ! 
Night  and  day  his  love  the  same  ; 
Far  be  each  suspicious  thought, 
Every  anxious  care  forgot. 

4  Thou,  my  ever-bounteous  God, 
Crown'st  my  days  with  various  good, 
Thy  kind  eye,  that  cannot  sleep, 
These  defenceless  hours  shall  keep. 

5  Blest  vicissitude  to  me ! 

Day  and  night  I'm  still  with  thee ; 
Guarded  thus,  I  sink  to  rest. 
Folded  in  a  Father's  breast. 


-Ir51.  S.  M.  BiuGGs's  Col. 

Times  and  Seasons. 

1  Come  at  the  morning  hour, 
Come,  let  us  kneel  and  pray ; 

Prayer  is  the  Christian  pilgrim's  staff 
To  walk  with  God  all  day. 

2  At  noon,  beneath  the  Rock 
Of  Ages,  rest  and  pray  ; 

Sweet  is  that  shelter  from  the  sun 
In  the  weary  heat  of  day. 

3  At  evening,  in  thy  home, 
Around  its  altar  pray  ; 

And  finding  there  the  house  of  God, 
With  heaven  then  close  the  day. 


MORNING    AND    EVENING.  343 

[     When  midnight  veils  our  eyes, 

O,  it  is  sweet  to  say, 
I  sleep,  but  my  heart  waketh.  Lord ! 

With  thee  to  watch  and  pray. 


~±02i.  7s  M.  Doddridge. 

In  the  Night  Watches. 

1  While  the  stars  unnumbered  roll 
Round  the  ever-constant  pole ; 
Far  above  these  spangled  skies. 
All  my  soul  to  God  shall  rise ; 

2  'Midst  the  silence  of  the  night. 
Mingling  with  those  angels  bright, 
Whose  harmonious  voices  raise 
Ceaseless  love  and  ceaseless  praise. 

3  Through  the  throng  his  gentle  ear 
Shall  my  tuneless  accents  hear; 
From  on  high  doth  he  impart 
Secret  comfort  to  my  heart. 

4  He,  in  these  serenest  hours. 
Guides  my  intellectual  powers; 
And  his  Spirit  doth  diffuse 
Sweeter  far  than  midnight  dews, — 

5  Lifting  all  my  thoughts  above. 
On  the  wings  of  faith  and  love : 
Blest  alternative  to  me. 

Thus  to  sleep,  or  wake,  with  thee ! 


344  MORNING   AND   EVENING. 

453.  L.  M.  Watts. 

An  Evening  Hymn. 

1  Thus  far  the  Lord  has  led  me  on ; 
Thus  far  his  power  prolongs  my  days; 
And  every  evening  shall  make  known 
Some  fresh  memorial  of  his  grace. 

2  Much  of  my  time  has  run  to  waste, 
And  I,  perhaps,  am  near  my  home ; 
But  he  forgives  my  follies  past ; 

He  gives  me  strength  for  days  to  come. 

3  I  lay  my  body  down  to  sleep ; 
Peace  is  the  pillow  for  my  head ; 
While  well-appointed  angels  keep 
Their  watchful  stations  round  my  bed. 

454.  L.  M.  Bishop  Kenn. 
Evening  Hymn. 

1  Glory  to  thee,  my  God,  this  night, 
For  all  the  blessings  of  the  light ; 
Keep  me,  O  keep  me,  King  of  kings, 
Under  thy  own  almighty  wings  I 

2  Forgive  me.  Lord,  through  thy  dear  Son, 
The  ill  that  I  this  day  have  done ; 
That,  with  the  world,  myself,  and  thee, 

I,  ere  I  sleep,  at  peace  may  be. 

3  Teach  me  to  live,  that  I  may  dread 
The  grave  as  little  as  my  bed  ; 

To  die,  that  this  vile  body  may 
Rise  glorious  at  the  awful  day. 


MORNING   AND    EVENING.  345 

4  O,  may  my  soul  on  thee  repose, 

And  may  sweet  sleep  mine  eyelids  close !  — 
Sleep  that  may  me  more  vigorous  make, 
To  serve  my  God  when  I  awake. 

5  Praise  God,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow ! 
Praise  him,  all  creatures  here  below! 
Praise  him,  ye  angels  round  his  throne! 
Praise  God,  the  high  and  holy  One ! 


4:55.  p.  M.  Bishop  Hebek. 

Evening  Aspiration. 

God,  that  madest  earth  and  heaven, 

Darkness  and  light,  — 
Who  the  day  for  toil  hast  given, 

For  rest  the  night,  — 
May  thine  angel  guards  defend  us, 
Slumber  sweet  thy  mercy  send  us. 
Holy  dreams  and  hopes  attend  us, 

This  livelong  night. 


456.  CM.  BOWRING 

Nature's  Evening  Hymn. 

1  The  heavenly  spheres  to  thee,  O  God ! 

Attune  their  evening  hymn  ; 
All-wise,  all-holy,  thou  art  praised 

In  song  of  seraphim  ; 
Unnumbered  systems,  suns,  and  worlds. 

Unite  to  worship  thee. 
While  thy  majestic  greatness  fills 

Space,  time,  eternity. 


346  MORNING    AND    EVENING. 

2  Nature,  —  a  temple  worthy  thee, 

That  beams  with  light  and  love  ; 
Whose  flowers  so  sweetly  bloom  below, 

Whose  stars  rejoice  above  ; 
Whose  altars  are  the  mountain  cliffs 

That  rise  along  the  shore  ; 
Whose  anthems,  the  sublime  accord 

Of  storm  and  ocean  roar,  — 

3  Her  song  of  gratitude  is  sung 

By  spring's  awakening  hours ; 
Her  summer  offers  at  thy  shrine 

Its  earliest,  loveliest  flowers ; 
Her  autumn  brings  its  ripened  fruits, 

In  glorious  luxury  given. 
While  winter's  silver  heights  reflect 

Thy  brightness  back  to  heaven. 

4  On  all  thou  smil'st ;  and  what  is  man 

Before  thy  presence,  God  ? 
A  breath  but  yesterday  inspired, 

To-morrow  but  a  clod ; 
That  clod  shall  mingle  in  the  vale, 

But,  kindled.  Lord,  by  thee. 
The  spirit  to  thy  arms  shall  spring, 

To  life,  to  liberty. 


457.  8s  &  7s  M.  Sarah  F.   Adams. 

Peace  he  with  you. 

1   Part  in  peace !  is  day  before  us  ? 

Praise  his  name  for  life  and  light! 
Are  the  shadows  lengthening  o'er  us? 
Bless  his  care  who  guards  the  night. 


MORNING    AND    EVENING.  347 

2  Part  in  peace!  with  deep  thanksgiving, 

Rendering,  as  we  homeward  tread, 
Gracious  service  to  the  living, 
Tranquil  memory  to  the  dead. 

3  Part  in  peace !  such  are  the  praises 

God,  our  Maker,  loveth  best; 
Such  the  worship  that  upraises 
Human  hearts  to  heavenly  rest. 

458.  L.  M.  Watts. 
Morning  or  Evening-. 

1  My  God,  how  endless  is  thy  love ! 
Thy  gifts  are  every  evening  new, 
And  morning  mercies  from  above 
Gently  distil  like  early  dew. 

2  Thou  spread'st  the  curtains  of  the  night. 
Great  Guardian  of  my  sleeping  hours  ; 
Thy  sovereign  word  restores  the  light, 
And  quickens  all  my  drowsy  powers. 

3  I  yield  my  powers  to  thy  command ; 
To  thee  I  consecrate  my  days ; 
Perpetual  blessings  from  thine  hand 
Demand  perpetual  songs  of  praise. 

459.  8s  M. 

"  The  Lord  is  my  Light." 

1  Sweet  Saviour,  bless  us  ere  we  go ; 
Thy  word  into  our  minds  instil, 
And  make  our  lukewarm  hearts  to  glow 
With  lowly  love  and  fervent  will. 
Through  life's  long  day  and  death's  dark  night, 
O  gentle  Jesus !  be  our  light. 


>48  MORNING    AND    EVENING. 

I  Grant  us,  dear  Lord,  from  evil  ways 
True  absolution  and  release ; 
And  bless  us,  more  than  in  past  days, 
With  purity  and  inward  peace. 
Through  life's  long  day  and  death's  dark  night, 
O  gentle  Jesus !   be  our  lis^ht. 

»  Do  more  than  pardon,  give  us  joy, 
Sweet  fear,  and  sober  liberty. 
And  simple  hearts  without  alloy 
That  only  long  to  be  like  thee. 
Through  life's  long  day  and  death's  dark  night, 
O  gentle  Jesus !  be  our  light. 


460.  8s  &  7s  M.  C.  Bobbins. 

Sabbath  Evening  Worship. 

1  Lo  I  the  day  of  rest  declineth  ; 

Gather  fast  the  shades  of  night : 
May  the  sun,  that  ever  shineth, 
Fill  our  souls  with  heavenly  light! 

2  Softly  now  the  dew  is  falling; 

Peace  o'er  all  the  scene  is  spread  ; 
On  his  children,  meekly  calling, 
Purer  influence  God  will  shed. 

3  While  thine  ear  of  love  addressing. 

Thus  our  parting  hymn  we  sing: 
Father,  give  thine  evening  blessing; 
Fold  us  safe  beneath  thy  wing. 


MORNING  AND  EVENING.  349 


461.  L.  M.  Keble. 

"Abide  with  us." 

1  Sun  of  my  soul,  thou  Saviour  dear, 
It  is  not  night  if  thou  be  near ; 
Oh,  may  no  earth-born  cloud  arise, 
To  hide  thee  from  thy  servant's  eyes  I 

2  When  the  soft  dews  of  kindly  sleep 
My  wearied  eyelids  gently  steep. 

Be  my  last  thought,  how  sweet  to  rest 
For  ever  on  my  Saviour's  breast ! 

3  Abide  with  me  from  morn  till  eve, 
For  without  thee  I  cannot  live  ; 
Abide  with  me  when  night  is  nigh, 
For  without  thee  I  dare  not  die. 

4  If  some  poor  wandering  child  of  thine 
Have  spurned  to-day  the  voice  divine. 
Now,  Lord,  the  gracious  work  begin; 
Let  him  no  more  lie  down  in  sin. 

5  Watch  by  the  sick ;  enrich  the  poor 
With  blessings  from  thy  boundless  store; 
Be  every  mourner's  sleep  to-night, 

Like  infant's  slumbers,  pure  and  light. 

6  Come  near,  and  bless  us  when  we  wake, 
Ere  through  the  world  our  way  we  take, 
Till  in  the  ocean  of  thy  love 

We  lose  ourselves  in  heaven  above. 


350  MORNING  AND   EVENING. 

462.  p.  M.  H.  Ware,  Jr. 

Prayer  at  Morning  and  Evening. 

1  To  prayer,  to  prayer  I  for  the  morning  breaks, 
And  earth  in  her  Maker's  smiles  awakes : 
His  light  is  on  all  below  and  above, — 

The  light  of  gladness  and  life  and  love. 
O,  then,  on  the  breath  of  this  early  air, 
Send  upward  the  incense  of  grateful  prayer! 

2  To  prayer !  for  the  glorious  sun  is  gone. 

And  the  gathering  darkness  of  night  comes  on  : 
Like  a  curtain  from  God's  kind  hand  it  flows, 
To  shade  the  couch  where  his  children  repose. 
Then  kneel,  while  the  watching  stars  are  bright, 
And  give  your  last  thoughts  to  the  Guardian  of 
night. 

463.  L.  M.  COLLYER. 

An  Evening  Hymn. 

1  Another  fleeting  day  is  gone ! 
Slow  o'er  the  ^vest  the  shadows  rise, 
Swift  the  soft  stealing  hours  have  flown. 
And  night's  dark  mantle  veils  the  skies. 

2  Another  fleeting  day  is  gone ! 
Swept  from  the  records  of  the  year ; 
And  still,  witli  every  setting  sun, 
Life's  fading  visions  disappear. 

3  Another  fleeting  day  is  gone ! 
But  soon  a  fairer  shall  arise, — 
A  day  whose  never-setting  sun 

Shall  pour  its  light  o'er  cloudless  skies. 


MORNING    AND    EVENING.  351 

4   Another  fleeting  day  is  gone ! 
In  solemn  silence  rest,  my  soul, 
And  bow  before  his  awful  throne. 
Who  bids  the  morn  and  evening  roll. 

464.  7s  M.  Episcopal  Col. 

Evening  Devotion. 

1  Softly  now  the  light  of  day 
Fades  upon  our  sight  away ; 
Free  from  care,  from  labor  free, 
Lord,  we  would  commune  with  thee! 

2  Thou,  whose  all-pervading  eye 
Nought  escapes,  without,  within. 
Pardon  each  infirmity. 

Open  fault,  and  secret  sin. 

3  When,  from  us,  the  light  of  day 
Shall  on  earth  have  passed  away, 
Then,  from  sin  and  sorrow  free. 
Take  us,  Lord,  to  dwell  with  thee. 

465.  7s  M.  S.  F.  Smith. 

Sabbath  and  Sanctuary. 

1  Softly  fades  the  twilight  ray 
Of  the  holy  Sabbath  day ; 
Gently  as  life's  setting  sun. 
When  the  Christian's  course  is  run. 

2  Night  her  solemn  mantle  spreads 
O'er  the  earth  as  daylight  fades ; 
All  things  tell  of  calm  repose 

At  the  holy  Sabbath's  close. 


352  MORNING    AND    EVENING. 

3  Peace  is  on  the  world  abroad ; 
'Tis  the  holy  peace  of  God, 
Symbol  of  the  peace  within, 
When  the  spirit  rests  from  sin. 

4  Still  the  Spirit  lingers  near, 
Where  the  evening  worshipper 
Seeks  communion  with  the  skies, 
Pressing  onward  to  the  prize. 

5  Saviour,  may  our  Sabbaths  be 
Days  of  peace  and  joy  in  thee, 
Till  in  heaven  our  souls  repose. 
Where  the  Sabbath  ne'er  shall  close. 

466.  L.  M.  Ray  Palmer. 

Evening  Worship. 

1  Come,  Jesus,  with  the  coming  night. 
Refresh  and  cheer  my  weary  heart; 
At  evening  time  it  shall  be  light. 

If  thou  art  near,  though  day  depart. 

2  Welcome  this  shade  that  brings  release 
From  hurrying  labor's  noise  and  strife; 
That  calls  from  restless  thought  to  cease, 
And  calms  the  throbbing  pulse  of  life. 

3  From  tedious  toil,  from  anxious  care. 
Dear  Lord,  I  turn  again  to  thee  ; 
Thy  presence  and  thy  smile  to  share 
Makes  every  burden  light  to  me. 

4  With  thee,  of  all  sad  thoughts  beguiled, 
Peace  nestles  in  my  tranquil  breast; 
And,  like  a  pleased  and  happy  child. 

In  thy  kind  arms  I  sink  to  rest. 


MORNING   AND   EVENING. 


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457.  ^-  ^-  Moravian. 

Evening  Hymn. 

1  In  mercy,  Lord,  remember  me, 

This  instant  passing  night ; 
And  grant  to  me  most  graciously 
The  safeguard  of  thy  might. 

2  With  cheerful  heart  I  close  my  eyes, 

Since  thou  wilt  not  remove ; 
O  in  the  morning  let  me  rise, 
Rejoicing  in  thy  love  I 

3  Or  if  this  night  should  prove  the  last. 

And  end  my  transient  days, 
Lord,  take  me  to  thy  promised  rest, 
Where  I  may  sing  thy  praise. 

4  Thus  I  am  sure  to  live  or  die 

To  thee,  the  God  of  love  ; 
In  life  and  death  I  do  rely 
On  thee  who  reign'st  above. 


468.  L.  M.  W.  II.  Burleigh. 

Evening  Worship. 

1  O  HOLY  Father !  'mid  the  calm 
And  stillness  of  this  evening  hour, 
We  would  lift  up  our  solemn  psalm 
To  praise  thy  goodness,  and  thy  power ; 
For  over  us,  and  over  all, 
Thy  tender  mercies  still  extend. 
Nor  vainly  shall  thy  children  call 
On  thee,  our  Father  and  our  Friend! 
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354  MORNING    AND   EVENING. 

2  Kept  by  thy  goodness  through  the  day, 
Thanksgiving  to  thy  name  we  pour; 
Night  o'er  us,  with  its  stars,  we  pray 
Thy  love  to  guard  us  evermore. 
In  grief,  console;  in  gladness,  bless; 
In  darkness,  guide;  in  sickness,  cheer; 
Till,  in  the  Saviour's  righteousness, 
Before  thy  throne  our  souls  appear. 


469.  6s  &  10s  M.  Briggs's  Col. 

Benediction. 

1  The  peace  which  God  bestows 
Through  Him  who  died  and  rose. 

The  peace  the  Father  giveth  through  the  Son, 

Be  known  in  every  mind. 

The  broken  heart  to  bind. 
And  bless  each  traveller  as  he  journeys  on. 

2  Ye  who  have  known  to  weep, 
Where  your  beloved  sleep  ; 

Ye  who  have  raised  the  deep,  the  bitter  cry, — 

God's  blessing  be  as  balm. 

The  fevered  heart  to  calm, 
And  wondrous  peace  the  troubled  mind  sui)ply. 

3  Ere  daily  strifes  begin 
The  war  without,  within, 

The  God  of  love,  w"ith  spirit  and  with  power. 

Now  on  each  bended  head 

His  deepest  blessing  shed, 
And  keep  us  all  through  every  troubled  hour. 


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S.  M. 


To  God,  the  only  wise, 
Our  Saviour  and  our  King, 
Let  all  who  dwell  below  the  skies 
Their  grateful  praises  bring. 

S.  M. 

To  God,  the  only  wise, 
Who  keeps  us  by  his  word, 
Be  glorv  now  and  evermore, 

Through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

CM. 

To  Him  who  reigns  in  worlds  of  light 
The  eternal  King  of  heaven, 

Be  honor,  majesty,  and  might, 
And  praise,  and  glory,  given. 

L.  M. 

To  Him  who  dwells  in  heavenly  light. 
Beyond  the  reach  of  human  sight. 
The  King  supreme,  the  Lord  of  heaven, 
Be  endless  praise  and  honor  given. 


356  DOXOLOGIES. 


5.  7s  M. 


Grateful  notes  and  numbers  bring, 
While  Jehovah's  praise  we  sing  ; 
Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord, 
Be  thy  glorious  name  adored  I 


6.  H.  M. 

Glory  to  God  on  high ! 
For  ever  bless  his  name  ; 
Let  earth  and  seas  and  sky 
His  wondrous  love  proclaim  : 
To  him  be  praise 

And  glory  given 
By  all  on  earth. 
And  all  in  heaven. 


7s  M.  Cask  ELL. 

Doxology. 

Father!  glory  be  to  thee, 
Source  of  all  the  good  we  see! 
Glory  for  the  blessed  Light 
Rising  on  the  ancient  night! 
Glory  for  the  hopes  that  come 
Streaming  through  the  silent  tomb! 
Glory  for  thy  S])irit  given, 
Guiding  us  in  peace  to  heaven ! 


COYEl^ANT   OF  FIEST   CHURCH. 


This   Chukch    was   gathered,  Aug.  27,   lti30,  uuder  the  following 
Covenant:  — 

In  the  name  of  onr  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  in  obedience  to 
his  holy  will  and  divine  ordinance,  — 

We,  whose  names  are  hereunder  written,  being  by  His 
most  wise  and  good  providence  brought  together  into  this 
part  of  America,  in  the  Bay  of  Massachusetts ;  and  desir- 
ous to  unite  ourselves  into  one  Congregation  or  Chui-cli 
under  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  our  head,  in  such  sort  as 
becometh  all  those  whom  he  hath  redeemed  and  sanctified 
to  himself,  —  do  hereby  solemnly  and  religiously  (as  in  his 
most  holy  presence)  promise  and  bind  ourselves  to  walk  in 
all  our  ways  according  to  the  rule  of  the  gospel,  and  in  all 
sincere  conformity  to  his  holy  ordinances,  and  in  mutual 
love  and  respect  each  to  other,  so  near  as  God  shall  give 
us  grace. 


HOUSES   OF   WORSHIP. 


The  first  House  of  AVoivhip  was  erected  on  Sta'e 
Street,  a,d.  16.S2. 

The  second  was  built  on  Cornhill,  a.d.  1639  ;  and  wa- 
consumed  by  fire,  Oct.  2,  1711.  Rebuilt  on  the  same  spot, 
A.D.  1713,  and  for  many  years  known  as  the  "Old 
Brick." 

The  fourth  Meeting-house  was  erected  in  Chauncy 
Place,  A.D.  1808.  Services  were  held  in  it  for  the  last 
time,  May  10,  1868.  The  Corner-stone  of  the  fifth,  or 
present,  Meeting-house,  was  laid  April  4,  1867. 


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